PLE RESULTS TO BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY

By Our Reporter

KAMPALA The long-awaited 2022 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results will be out on Friday this week, something that is likely to end anxiety among students and parents following the delays to release the results as expected.

Daniel Odongo, the Executive Director of the Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) announced the release of the results in vain.

Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu, the State Minister for Primary Education has apologized for the delay and explained that the board was ready to release the results, but that it was necessary to brief the top ministry officials before releasing the results.

“UNEB officials are scheduled to brief the Education Minister, Janet Kataha Museveni, and other management officials on today about the results,”said Kaducu.

 While appearing before the Parliamentary Education Committee earlier this month, Odongo noted that marking PLE ended before Christmas. Marking took place at 13 centers involving 5,544 examiners.

However, the board was not able to immediately present the results to the Minister for release. There were several steps that had to be taken before the release of results, including convening an internal examination security committee to review the results for candidates suspected of engaging in malpractice.

Several individuals have been using social media to disseminate false information about the reasons for the delayed release of the results, new release dates, and other misleading information. For instance, on Monday evening, there was a rumor doing rounds on social media that the results would be released Tuesday (today).

Is shall be noted that PLE was conducted on November 8th and 9th, 2022, with a total of 832,810 candidates registered from 14,153 examination centers.

The delay in release of the results has created anxiety among parents who want to look for schools for their children.