Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has cancelled the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE results of 273 pupils in Bundibugyo after they were found guilty of examination malpractices. They include candidates from Bundimbugha, Njuule, Mundimasoli, Njanja, Mutsahura and Bubandi primary schools. The Bundibugyo District Education Officer John Byamukama …
Read More »Soroti Municipality sets strategies to discourage teachers from cram work
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti Municipal Council authorities are redirecting efforts to equip teachers with knowledge-based skills in problem-solving for learners. The development follows Primary Leaving Examinations, PLE results that showed that a number of candidates in last year’s examinations failed questions requiring knowledge application in problem- solving situations. …
Read More »Withheld PLE results worry Bundibugyo parents
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents of Kisubba primary school in Bundibugyo district are unsure of the next step after Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) withheld the results. Last week, UNEB announced that the results for 61 pupils from the school were withheld over allegations of exam malpractices. However, UNEB …
Read More »26 schools fail to produce single first grade in Masaka
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 26 schools in Masaka district did not score a single first grade in the 2019 Primary Leaving Examination-PLE results released on Friday, January 17. According to figures released by the Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB, the entire Masaka district had a total of …
Read More »Former UNEB chair questions decision to release PLE results at Kampala Parents School
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision of Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB to release this year’s Primary Leaving Examination-PLE results at Kampala Parents School has raised eyebrows. It comes a day after UNEB issued a statement indicating that it would release the PLE results at the privately owned Kampala Parents …
Read More »UNEB releases 2014 PLE results
As Mathew Bukenya, the executive secretary of the Uganda National Examinations Board announced results for the 2014 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) he had both good and bad news for the candidates, parents, local leaders as well as policy makers. First, Bukenya said the overall performance of candidates in 2014 was …
Read More »PLE Results
By Ronald Musoke When the results of the 2013 Primary Leaving Exams were released on Jan.31, Moses Edibu, a 13-year old pupil of VH Public School in Lira Municipality was devastated. He had hoped to score aggregate 4; the highest grade, but instead scored 5. He spent the whole day …
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