Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 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 »Former UNEB chair questions decision to release PLE results at Kampala Parents School
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision of Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB to release this year’s Primary Leaving Examination-PLE results at Kampala Parents School has raised eyebrows. It comes a day after UNEB issued a statement indicating that it would release the PLE results at the privately owned Kampala Parents …
Read More »UNEB warns schools on fraudsters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board- UNEB has cautioned schools against fraudsters. UNEB officials say that they have received information from several whistle blowers and schools about being asked for large sums of money to stop their results from being withheld. The fraudsters are targeting both …
Read More »Technical glitch caused distribution of fewer PLE papers in schools-UNEB
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 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 »UNEB investigates possible malpractice orchestrated by distributors
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 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 »Absentee candidates causing wastage of resources-UNEB
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absenteeism of candidates during national examinations is causing wastage of resources. According to Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB, 100 candidates countrywide did not turn up for Primary Leaving Examinations-UNEB examinations. Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Secretary, says that candidates that fail to show up for …
Read More »PLE: Twelve arrested for impersonation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twelve pupils were picked up on Monday from Bugolosese Primary School in Buikwe district for alleged impersonation in the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. The twelve suspects were reportedly sitting the mathematics examination for some candidates. Jennifer Kalulu Musamba, the Public Relations Officer Uganda National Examination …
Read More »UNEB disowns social media PLE papers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examinations Board – UNEB has disowned the purported 2019 Primary Leaving Examination –PLE examination papers that circulated on social media over the weekend. The fake Social Studies and Mathematics papers made rounds on social media on Sunday night. However, UNEB warned parents …
Read More »Candidates struggle to use random numbers-PLE scouts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Primary Seven candidates confused this morning with some of them using Education Management Information System-EMIS numbers attached to each school instead of the random numbers used by the Uganda National Examinations Board this year. The examination body last month announced that they would use …
Read More »Kampala schools set for UCE exams
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools in Kampala are set for the 2019 Uganda Certificate of Education examinations that started on Friday with the briefing of candidates. Most of the schools visited by URN reporter had the briefing in the morning, while others in the afternoon. At Mengo Secondary …
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