Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTĀ |Ā Ā Benjamin Okoth, a child classified under special needs is one of the best Primary Leaving Examinations, PLE candidates in Soroti. Okoth, who scored six aggregates, has difficulty in hearing, talking and has weak limbs and joints. The 14- year-old completed Primary Seven at Goshen Primary …
Read More »Kampala schools improve in performance
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTĀ |Ā Ā Performance of schools in Kampala improved in the 2019 Primary Leaving Examinations compared to the previous year. More schools in Kampala and Wakiso had more of their candidates score aggregate 4. Schools likeĀ Kabojja Junior School where parents last year petitioned UNEB citing under marking had …
Read More »PLE SPECIAL: Summary of results, comparisons, top subjects
PLE Results:Pupils Score More Distinctions in English, SST Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Candidates in the 2019 Primary Leaving Examination managed more distinctions in English and Social Studies compared to science and mathematics, results released today have shown. More candidates, than 2018, will be going to the next level …
Read More »UNEB withholds results for 1,512 PLE candidates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTĀ |Ā The Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB has withheld results for 1,512 candidates in the Primary Leaving Examinations results which were released this morning. Most of these were cases of external assistance offered to the learners from within the examination room, according to UNEB executive secretary Dan …
Read More »LIVE: Release of 2019 PLE results
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has releasedĀ Ā the 2019 Primary Leaving Examination, showing overall that more pupils qualified to join post primary institutions than the previous year. This year 617,150 candidates passed the PLE compared to 599,593 the previous year. Minister of Education and Sports, Janet …
Read More »Uganda’s PLE results to be released today
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Primary Seven candidates together with their parents and schools are anxiously waiting for the release of the Primary Leaving Examinations- PLE results. The results will be releasedĀ today by the Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni at Kampala Parents School. URN reporters …
Read More »Technical glitch caused distribution of fewer PLE papers in schools-UNEB
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTĀ |Ā Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB experienced a technical glitch on the last day of the Primary Leaving Examinations- PLE resulting to a number of schools receiving fewer or more examination scripts compared to the number of registered candidates. Some of the affected schools were Nakasero Primary …
Read More »Busia Inspector of schools arrested for stealing PLE fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTĀ | George Barasa the Busia Municipality Inspector of Schools has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than 20 million shillings. Barasa was arrested on Thursday by the police with the help of the municipal authorities. Itās alleged that Barasa embezzled the money meant to register …
Read More »UNEB investigates possible malpractice orchestrated by distributors
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTĀ |Ā Ā Uganda National Examination Board- UNEB has embarked on investigations to establish circumstances under, which several parcels of Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE scripts reached respective centers with broken seals. Many examination centers in Wakiso, Mpigi and Masaka districts received parcels with broken seals raising suspicion that they …
Read More »Candidates urged to respect school property, uniforms as PLE comes to an end
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENTĀ |Ā Ā It was jubilationĀ around city several schools when bells signaling the end of the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE were sounded. The examinations ended at 4:30 pm in many schools due to delayed delivery of the examination papers. At some schools, few scripts were delivered, which made some …
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