Assessor Application — Guidelines
A few minutes reading this now saves a lot of back-and-forth later.
Who this is for
Two tracks are supported, picked on the form itself — you don't need to know which one applies before you start:
- Institution (formal) — you assess candidates registered at a formal institution. You'll pick a home institution and the programs/papers you're qualified to assess.
- World of Work (informal) — you assess occupation-based candidates. You'll name your employer and upload proof of employment instead of picking a home institution, and pick the occupations you're qualified to assess.
Have these ready before you start
The application is one continuous form split into four tabs — you can move between them freely and nothing you've typed is lost while you do. Having the following ready on your device first makes it a single sitting:
- Your 10-digit phone number (this becomes your login) and, optionally, an email address.
- A scanned copy of your National ID (Ugandan nationals) or passport bio page (foreign nationals).
- Your 14-character National Identification Number (NIN), exactly as printed on your ID card — Ugandan nationals only.
- A profile photo (JPG or PNG) — it's compressed automatically, so any reasonable photo works.
- Scanned copies of your academic certificates/transcripts — one file per document, you can add as many as you need.
- Details of any professional licenses you hold, if applicable.
- Your employment history — employers, titles, and dates.
- If applying under World of Work: proof of employment (e.g. an appointment letter or employer ID).
Constraints worth knowing up front
| Phone number | 10 digits, starting with 0 (e.g. 0772000000). Becomes your login — must not already be registered. |
| Alternate numbers | Optional. Same 10-digit format; each must differ from your primary number and from each other. |
| Optional, but if provided it must be unique — not already used by another account. | |
| Password | At least 8 characters recommended. For your security, it is never kept if the form is sent back with an error — you'll enter it once, right before your final, successful submission. |
| NIN | Exactly 14 characters, matching your National ID card. Required for Ugandan nationals; foreign nationals use a passport number instead. |
| Profile photo | JPG or PNG. Large images are compressed automatically to about 200KB. |
| Documents | Scanned copies, ideally around 200KB each. |
| Uploaded files | For your browser's security, a file you've selected cannot be carried over if the form is sent back with an error elsewhere — you'll need to select it again. |
If the form is sent back with an error
You'll be taken straight to the tab with the problem, and everything you've entered elsewhere is exactly as you left it — with two exceptions, both for security and both outside any website's control: files you'd selected, and your password. Re-select those, fix what's flagged, and resubmit.
Need to re-read this later?
Once you're on the application, a "Guidelines" button stays available at the top of the page — it opens this same information without leaving the form or losing anything you've filled in.
Ready? The form remembers your tab-to-tab progress — you can also reopen these guidelines from inside it.
Proceed to Application