Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released 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 released today by the Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni at Kampala Parents School. URN reporters …
Read More »Boys shine in PLE with 13.1% getting distinctions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Boys were outnumbered but performed better than girls in the 2018 Primary Leaving Examinations. The exams were released on Thursday by the Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB at the Office of the Prime Minister Conference Hall. UNEB Executive Secretary, Dan Odongo, says that although …
Read More »COMMENT: Benefits of primary healthcare
Effective systems can address today’s four major global health challenges COMMENT | ASAF BITTON | We have four major global challenges in health care. And I think the unsung hero of the health-care system – primary health care – can help us solve them all. The first challenge is the rise …
Read More »MTN Foundation donates to Summit View Army Primary school
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On March 29, MTN Foundation handed over scholastic materials including books, pens and bags as well as unveiled a one-year feeding program for Summit View Army Primary School, Kololo. The school has a population of 500, with pupils coming from the slum areas of …
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