The Nakasongola District Education officials have attributed the poor Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) performance to rampant absenteeism of learners and teacher shortages. According to PLE results released on Thursday, at least 607 (14.4 %) out of 4349 candidates who sat in Nakasongola failed the examinations. The results further indicate that only 269 candidates passed in […]
BY WILBERFORCE KAWERE | MUKONO | KYAGGWE TV | Managers of Mukono primary schools that performed well in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) have given tips to their colleagues whose learners did not excel, on tricks to help them come out with star performance in this year’s examinations. Among the tips they gave to […]
As the traditional merry making period following release of 2024 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results rages on, a Lugazi primary school teacher says he does not regret having taken school fees loans to enhance his poor salary, for his son. 14-year-old Maurice Anderson Kwima up to last year, a learner of Kana Primary School, scooped […]
The traditional super performers in the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) Global Junior School Mukono have again done it, this time shining even brighter than in the previous years. Out of the total enrolment of 263 candidates, 232 passed in first grade, with 17 passing with aggregate 4 as compared to the previous year’s 15 candidates. […]
The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has directed all schools with outstanding invoices to clear their balances to access the 2024 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results. Speaking to our reporter ahead of the official release of the examination results this morning, UNEB Spokesperson Jennifer Kalule revealed that the UNEB portal indicates many schools have outstanding […]
An assessment by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) reveals that this year’s Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) had several malpractices, with the majority of cases involving collusion involving headteachers, examination scouts, and invigilators. The UNEB report outlines several significant cases of cheating uncovered at top schools across various regions of the country. For example, at […]
Police in Busoga North on Wednesday arrested Patrick Muyingo, the director of Rise and Shine Primary School in Namukooge village, Namugongo sub-county, Kaliro District, for failing to register candidates for the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE). Muyingo is currently detained at Kaliro Central Police Station pending further investigations. Reports indicate that Muyingo had tasked parents with […]
Leaders in Buvuma islands have petitioned Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) to devise safer and faster means of ferrying final examination papers for candidates in the 52 islands forming the district, than transporting them aboard local wooden fishing boats. They argued that because examinations are held in the wet month when the sea is very […]
More than 100 candidates from Luweero district have missed the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), which started yesterday. On Wednesday morning, Primary Leaving Examination candidates across the country began the examinations by writing mathematics papers. In the afternoon, the candidates wrote the Social Studies paper. In Luweero, 16,090 candidates registered to sit examinations at 180 UNEB […]