Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several parents in Busia district want the government to maintain radio and television lessons, saying they contributed great to the performance of their children in the just-released Primary Leaving Examination-PLE results. A number of parents interviewed by URN say that when the government closed schools …
Read More »Why UNEB held results of 2,220 PLE candidates
✳ 749,761 candidates ✳ 47.2% boys ✳ 52.8%) girls ✳ 81,864 pass in DIV 1 ✳ 2,220 candidates results held Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has withheld Primary Leaving Examination results for 2,220 candidates for alleged malpractices. According to UNEB, some members of …
Read More »12,000 candidates missed PLE
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 12,819 registered candidates did not sit for the 2020 Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. According to UNEB, a total of 749,761 candidates registered for examinations but only 736,942 candidates showed up for the examinations. Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Secretary says there were various …
Read More »PLE: 11% pass in Division One
✳ 749,761 candidates ✳ 47.2% boys ✳ 52.8%) girls ✳ 81,864 pass in DIV 1 ✳ 2,220 candidates results held Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni has today released Primary Leaving Examinations 2020, with 81,864 candidates passing in Division One compared …
Read More »UNEB postpones release of 2020 examination results
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has postponed the release of 2020 national examination results due to restrictions of Covid-19. According to the programme, the examinations body had scheduled to release the said results before the end of June starting with Primary Leaving Examinations, but …
Read More »UNEB relieved as education service commission accords special attention to examiners
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Service Commission has decided to reschedule its interviews to accord special attention to examiners to allow them to attend the 2020 National examination marking and assessment activities. Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB has been in panic since last week due to the failure of a …
Read More »UNEB 2020: Exam marking to delay as examiners fail to turn up
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) might fail to mark 2020 national examinations in the required time as some examiners have failed to turn up at the marking centres. This year, the examinations board was expecting 2,000 examiners at the designated 40 centres to mark …
Read More »UNEB: 30 arrested over examination malpractice
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB is working with security agencies to apprehend thirty people in connection to examination malpractice at all levels. The 2020 national examinations started with the Uganda Certificate of Education on February 26, 2021, Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE on March 26, followed by Uganda Advanced …
Read More »Education ministry reiterates half term is strictly for marking centres only
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has clarified on the half-term that was provided to schools that are going to be used as marking centres for the 2020 National examinations. A total of 40 schools, mainly located in Kampala, Wakiso, and Mukono districts were selected by …
Read More »UNEB rules out special exams for U20 national team players
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There will be no special consideration for athletes who missed the Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE exams while representing the country, the Education and Sports Ministry has revealed. Several candidates on the Hippos Under-20 and Cubs Under-17 national teams missed their UCE exams while representing Uganda at …
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