Equating of Foreign Results
ACCREDITATION OF EXAMINATIONS CENTRES
  1. The UBTEB examinations shall be conducted at registered examinations centres
    that have been inspected and accredited by the Board as suitable for the conduct
    of examinations.
  2. an institution shall possess the following in order to be accredited for conducting
    UBTEB examinations
    • a minimum of a letter of interim authority or certificate of registration for the
      case of Tertiary Institutions governed by the University and other Tertiary
      Institutions Act, 2003, or a license from the Ministry of Education and Sports or
      proof that the institution is government-aided or government-founded;
    • a letter of recommendation from the District or Municipal education officer;
    • An appropriate strong room in which to keep examination materials forwarded
      to the institution before the commencement of the examinations;
    • an examination hall or classroom which can accommodate a minimum of thirty
      (30) candidates in one sitting;
    • functional workshops or laboratories relevant to the programmes offered;
    • a functional aquaculture unit, fish processing unit, and boat yard for the case of
      Fisheries Training Institutions;
    • a functional garden and laboratory for agricultural institutions;
    • a functional herbarium or nursery bed for forestry institutions;
    • an ex-situ for wildlife training institutions;
    • a functional calibration network or baseline for lands management and survey
      institutions;
    • a functional meteorological station for meteorological institutions;
    • firefighting equipment is placed in strategic places in case of fire outbreaks and
      fire escape routes;
    • teaching and support staff to manage the academic programmes to be
      examined;
    • approved curriculum by the National Curriculum Development Centre or
      curriculum developed by institutions but accredited by the National Council for
      Higher Education for the case of Tertiary institutions;
    • sufficient furniture such as tables, desks, benches, and chairs to be used in
      examination halls, workshops, and laboratories;
    • an equipped typing pool for business institutions instructing secretarial and
      stenography courses;
    • an equipped radio studio and photo studio for journalism courses;
    • an equipped salon for cosmetology courses; and
      (s) any other minimum standards issued in respect of any other field from time to
      time by the Board.


Procedure for Accreditation
The procedure for accreditation as a UBTEB examination centre shall be as follows-
  1. a training institution shall obtain an application form for accreditation and
    registration from the Secretariat of the Board or download from the website and
    thereafter pay an inspection fee determined by the Board. filled copies of the
    application form shall be returned to the Board for further verification within a
    period of two weeks;
  2. the Board shall upon inspection and satisfaction that the training institution
    complies with the accreditation requirements, issues a provisional letter of
    accreditation, stating the examination centre number, programmes accredited and any
    other suggestions for improvement necessary for the final issuance of the Certificate
    of accreditation as proof of status as a UBTEB examinations centre;
  3. the centre shall prepare a report on the maintenance of the standards for accreditation
    which the Board shall review annually to ensure that the minimum standards are
    maintained;
  4. upon comprehensive re-inspection and satisfactory performance of the provisional
    centre, the Board shall issue a Certificate of accreditation as proof of status as a
    UBTEB examinations centre;
  5. a centre shall not be allowed to register candidates if it doesn’t meet a minimum of
    thirty candidates for all programmes and at least five for each programme and a
    centre with less than the minimum candidature for registration may on its own
    make arrangements to register candidates with another qualifying centre;
  6. a training institution that provides wrong information, falsifies ownership of
    facilities or equipment at the time of inspection shall if found guilty be subject to
    withdrawal or suspension of centre for a period of at least 6 months but not
    exceeding 2 years; and
  7. the Board reserves the right to suspend or withdraw an examination centre if it
    does not present candidate for examination for a period of two years from the date
    of obtaining, ceases to satisfy the accreditation requirements, regulations and
    ethical standards of an accredited examinations centre and UBETB reserves the
    right to publicise the status of a centre.
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