Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30 candidates from Namatala Primary school in Mbale city have failed to show up for the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. The head Teacher, Edith Musundi, says that only 155 out of the 188 candidates registered showed up for the exams. She explains that some …
Read More »P7 candidate gives birth during PLE
Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 17-year-old girl in Serere district on Tuesday gave birth during the Primary Leaving Exams-PLE. The candidate from Kyere primary school, whose identity has been withheld because she is a minor was in the middle of her mathematics exam when her labour pains started. Herbert …
Read More »KAKUMIRO: UNEB scout evacuated after presenting Ebola symptoms
Kakumiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A UNEB scout has been evacuated from Kakumiro district to Mubende hospital after presenting with Ebola-like symptoms. The scout had been deployed at Kings Way Primary school in Igayaza town council, to monitor the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE, which started Tuesday morning. The scout whose particulars …
Read More »Ministry of education deters schools from releasing non-candidates during PLE
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has rejected a move by several schools to break off for non-candidate classes during PLE. Several schools mainly in urban centres, had sent out circulars asking parents with learners in the boarding section to pick non-candidates in order to …
Read More »UNEB probes possible PLE leakage
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB is investigating a possible leakage of Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. The examination body is following up on two people suspected of distributing what is said to be national examinations to schools. Although the information about the said probe is still scanty, several …
Read More »Drunk teacher arrested invigilating pre-PLE exams
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kitgum District is holding a teacher of Putuke Primary in Kitgum Matidi Sub County for reporting to school to invigilate pre-PLE examinations while drunk. The Kitgum Matidi Sub County LCIII Chairperson Thomas Khempis Lapyem says that the arrest of Charles Ayella follows …
Read More »PLE, UCE, UACE: Full UNEB Uganda exams timetable
📌 UNEB EXAM TIMETABLE 2022 ✳ PLE 🔵 November 7th – Candidate Briefing ➡ November 8th – Mathematics ➡ November 8th – SS & RE ➡ November 9th – Integrated Science ➡ November 9th – English ✳ UCE 🔵 October 14th – Candidate Briefing ➡ October 17th – Start of …
Read More »UNEB asks schools to display candidates’ lists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Examinations Board ( UNEB) has asked all headmasters to display a list of their candidates for the national 2022 examinations with effect from Saturday August 13. The registers should be displayed in a conspicuous place at the school notice board to enable …
Read More »Gov’t warns Seed Schools against charging UNEB fees
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has warned administrators of Seed Schools against charging candidates the Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB registration fees. According to the Ministry of Education and Sports government, Seed Schools are typical Universal Secondary schools (USE) schools that are not expected to charge candidates because the …
Read More »Scrapping PLE tops proposals submitted to Education Review Commission
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several Ugandans are calling for the scrapping of Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE, vocationalisation of primary education, and overhauling of the assessment framework. The proposals are part of the hundreds of documents that have so far been received by the Education Policy Review Commission which was instituted to …
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