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 »UNEB releases A-level results
By Ronald Musoke The Uganda National Examinations Board has finally released the 2013 A-level results today, March 27, with female candidates beating their male counterparts in the humanities. A total of 116,190 candidates registered for the 2013 examination from 1,710 centres compared to 111,456 candidates from 1334 centres in 2012. …
Read More »UNEB releases 2013 UCE results
By Ian Katusiime Uganda National Examinations Board released UCE results with notable examination malpractice in science subjects. A total of 289,012 students sat for the examinations marking a 10% increment compared to the 262,987 who sat last year. The Minister of Education Jessica Alupo attributed this to Universal Secondary Education …
Read More »UNEB’s tough guy
By Joan Akello Is Fagil Mandy fighting for change at national exam body or is it all about money? When President YoweriMuseveniappointed him chairmanof the board of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) in July 2012 ,it was a dream come true for Fagil Musa Mandy. At his installation ceremony …
Read More »Senior four results out
By Feliciah Kanyesigye The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) released the Uganda Certificate of Education results on Feb. 7 at statistics house in kampala. According to the UNEB executive secretary, Matthew Bukenya, the UCE examinations were conducted successfully with no leakages and few cases of malpractice. Statistics indicate that of …
Read More »MP tells UNEB to release results in categories
By Aloysious Kasoma Kalungu County West Member of Parliament Joseph Ssewungu Gonzaga has petitioned Uganda National Examination Board to start releasing Primary Leaving Exams and Uganda Certificate of Education results in two different categories. The MP wants the results by Universal Primary Education/universal Secondary Education released separately with privately owned …
Read More »Don’t blame my ministry for the unpaid 50, 000 teachers
By Julius Odeke The Minister for Education and Sports Maj Jessica Alupo has expressed her disappointment over the complaints her office has received from the 50, 000 Primary Schools Teachers and Secondary Schools teachers, who have not received their salaries for October, 2012. Alupo stated that her ministry is not …
Read More »PLE starts today
By Joan Akello About 560,000 pupils will sit this year for their Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). They started with Mathematics this morning and social studies and religious education in the afternoon. Tomorrow, they will have science and end with English in the afternoon. The National Examinations Board (UNEB) released tight …
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