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Nothing but the truth
Mercy Naluyombya, daughter to Zaake Mukasa and Rose Nakyanzi, has every reason to smile after having emerged the top achiever in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) at Cornerstone Junior School Mukono campus, with aggregate 4. She says she could not believe her ears on receiving the news that she had emerged in top position, […]
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 […]
Over the years, statistics from the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) have shown poor performance in science subjects, especially Biology, Chemistry and Physics. In 2016, 40.8% of candidates who studied biology only scored 2 points, making it the worst done subject in UACE exams of that year. About half of […]
Two senior six candidates in Masaka City have been implicated in an examination cheating scandal involving artificial intelligence (AI). According to information obtained from the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), the students Nabahinda Cecilia and Nakiyimba Grace, sitting their examinations at Masaka Hall, were caught using smartphones during an afternoon exam to access AI-generated essays […]
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 […]
Senior Six candidates have been advised to observe examination instructions to the dot, well aware that they are entering a decisive phase for their future with no room for breaking any rules lest they dent their lifelong destiny. “You have been breaking school rules with impunity; we have been asking you not to carry mobile […]
A joint committee in Terego District has fined the Headteacher of Katrini Secondary School, Sam Egama, for preventing four students from sitting for their exams over unpaid school dues. The committee, comprising members from the Security and Education Committees, including Uganda Police officers from the Criminal Investigations Department, the District Education Officer, the Board of […]
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 […]
