Competency & psychometric assessment

Competency assessment for boards, governments & teams.

Rigorous, psychometrically-sound assessments that help institutions understand their people — and make better decisions about leadership, hiring, and development.

Board Governance Assessment — sample report6 competencies · scored /100
C1Legal & RegulatoryExemplary
C2Governance & EthicsProficient
C3Financial OversightDeveloping
C4Strategy & IdentityProficient
Trusted across education, government & enterprise
Ministry of FinanceMoFPED
Bank of UgandaBOU
Trinity College NabbingoBoard
Uganda Revenue AuthorityURA
PPDAPublic procurement
Uganda AirlinesPilot psychometric assessment
Electoral CommissionUganda
Uganda Development Corp.UDC
National Medical StoresNMS
Uganda Investment AuthorityUIA
UNOCUganda National Oil
Centenary BankBanking
Uganda Bureau of StatisticsUBOS

Beacon Solutions Limited has delivered training and psychometric assessment for these institutions, and is authorised to reference this work in its programmes.

Who we serve

One platform, calibrated to each institution.

The same rigorous engine, tailored to the competencies and stakes that matter in each sector.

01 / Education

Boards & schools

Assess governing boards and leadership against the competencies that good governance demands.

  • Board competency assessments
  • Governance & safeguarding readiness
  • Individual & whole-board reports
02 / Government

Public sector & ministries

Aptitude and competency testing for recruitment, promotion, and capacity-building at scale.

  • Job aptitude & psychometric testing
  • Manager & staff capability mapping
  • Cohort assessment for many candidates
03 / Enterprise

Corporate HR teams

Give HR and L&D an objective, defensible read on team strengths and development needs.

  • Hiring & selection assessments
  • Competency gap analysis
  • Development-planning insights
What Rubikon does

Five pillars, one login.

Everything a Rubikon account unlocks — for your child, your classroom, and your institution.

01
RubikonBook · Practice

Self-paced practice that scores itself

Students revise by topic in a clean space, get instant scoring, and watch progress build term over term.

Topic drillsInstant feedbackProgress tracking
02
Exams & Assignments · New

Teachers set weekly work, timed and marked

A secure, server-timed exam area where teachers assign weekly tests and assignments, with integrity controls.

Weekly assignmentsServer-timed examsIntegrity controls
03
Entry-exam & Test Prep

SAT, IELTS, C.Ent, IMAT & UNEB — one place

Curriculum-aligned practice for national exams and international admissions, plus psychometric reasoning tests.

SATIELTSC.EntIMATUNEBPsychometrics
04
Board & Governance Evaluation

Structured board and committee assessments

The engine behind our government and banking work: run evaluation cycles, aggregate scores, export branded reports.

Evaluation cyclesLive dashboardsBranded reports
05
Reports for Parents & Schools

Real data on where every learner stands

Each student gets a personal score profile showing strengths and the exact areas to improve — evidence, not guesswork.

Personal profilesStrength mappingSchool analytics
Offers

Current programmes & partner pricing.

Rubikon runs targeted programmes with schools and institutions. Here's what's open now.

Schools · Education

Secondary school students

All other secondary schools
UGX 30,000/ term
Open to students from any secondary school.
  • RubikonBook practice + weekly assignments
  • Server-timed exams and assessments
  • SAT · IELTS · C.Ent · IMAT · UNEB prep
  • Critical-thinking & logic psychometrics
Enrol your child
Summer discount
Enterprise · HR

HR team aptitude tests

Corporate HR & recruitment teams
Summer discount — valid until 1 September 2026.
Team sizeUGXKESUSD
1 – 19 people249,5008,75068
20 – 49 people195,0006,85053
50 – 99 people149,5005,25041
100 – 199 people129,5004,55035
200 – 499 people99,5003,50027
500+ peopleContact us

Price per person. KES and USD figures are indicative and follow prevailing exchange rates.

  • Aptitude & psychometric testing at scale
  • Critical-thinking and logical reasoning
  • Competency gap analysis across the team
  • Banded, defensible individual reports
Request a quote

Beyond Trinity College Nabbingo, we warmly welcome other schools to partner with Rubikon. Talk to us about your school.

How it works

From framework to defensible report.

01
STEP 01

Define the framework

We map the competencies that matter for your institution and sector.

02
STEP 02

Invite participants

Board members, applicants, or staff are invited securely by email.

03
STEP 03

Assess & grade

Objective items auto-score; written responses are graded against rubrics.

04
STEP 04

Deliver insight

Individual and group reports show banded results by competency.

Why Rubikon

Built for decisions that have to hold up.

When the results inform who governs, who's hired, or who's promoted, the assessment behind them has to be sound.

Rigour

Psychometrically grounded

Assessments are designed on sound psychometric principles — built to measure what they claim to.

Clarity

Banded, defensible reporting

Every result is placed in a clear competency band, with the reasoning behind it transparent and reviewable.

Scale

From one board to a cohort

Run a single governing board or assess hundreds of public-sector candidates on the same platform.

About us

Evidence, where instinct used to be.

Rubikon was founded to bring rigour to a decision institutions too often make on instinct: who is ready to lead, to govern, or to serve.

We build psychometrically-sound competency assessments for boards, governments, and teams — turning judgement into evidence, and evidence into better decisions.

The team
KJ

Kalyango Jovan

Founder

Data scientist and statistician. Designs Rubikon's assessment engine, psychometrics, and reporting.

EB

Edwin Mugisa Bitamazire

Co-founder · Psychometrics

Psychometrics professional. Leads assessment design and the science behind Rubikon's competency frameworks.

KB

Dr Khairul Alam Bhuiyan (PhD)

Head of Research

International educational advisor and software engineer. Leads Rubikon's research and the methodology behind its assessments.

MN

Margaret Wambui Njau

Head of Data Clinic

MSc Business Analytics, BSc Finance & Economics. Leads Rubikon's Data Clinic — analytics, reporting, and data quality.

IM

Innocent Mbabazi

Head of Business Development & Partnerships

Leads Rubikon's growth and partnerships — building the relationships that bring the platform to new schools and institutions.

Partners
U
UKQASQuality assurance · Official partner · UK
I
ILAPInternational Learning Access Provider · UK
C
Core TrustHR partner · Kenya
N
NewGen ConsultingTraining partner · India
J
JovannottiStudy-abroad & scholarships · Italy · Kenya · Uganda
D
Driips CapitalInvestment & trading partner

See Rubikon on your own competencies.

Tell us about your institution and we'll walk you through a tailored assessment.