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The release of the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) for 2022 has been received with excitement by schools that performed well in Bugisu Sub-region.

27 January, 2023
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The release of the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) for 2022 has been received with excitement by schools that performed well in Bugisu Sub-region.



At Bugisu Junior School in Mbale City, out of the ten pupils who sat, five passed in division one with the rest coming in division two. Halima Nedeje the Bugisu Junior Director attributes the good performance to hard work by all staff at the school.

Sharif Salem, Fatuma Abdallah and Kachika Samson from Bugisu Junior School scored 11, 10 and 12 aggregates. Sharif wants to be a footballer while Fatuma and Samson want to be engineers.

At Elgon Junior Christian School in Mutufu Sub County, Sironko District, Nambasi Emma the best pupil scored five aggregates. According to Nambasi and his other start performers, it was through hard work and prayer they made it.

Ivan Wagidoso the school director says that despite being in the rural area, the results show that they can compete with the best in the country.

At Fountain Public Primary School in Mbale City, the Director Stephen Walugega said that all the 15 students passed. Sentongo Rahim one of the top performers attributed the success to committed teachers who gave them ample time. 


The number of candidates who are failing to turn up to sit the Primary Leaving Examinations has increased.

 


According to Uganda National Examination Board, 832,654 candidates from 14,691 centers registered for Primary Leaving Examination in 2022 compared to 749,761in 2020.

 

The results that were released today by Dan. N. Odongo, the Executive Director of UNEB, shows that a total of 17,253 (2.96%) UPE candidates were absent, while 3,687 (1.48%) non-UPE candidates were also absent.  

The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, expressed concern about an increase in absenteeism among candidates in the country. She noted that the number of absentee candidates has been steadily declining in the last four years, but has recently increased by 0.8 percent.

 

The Minister believes that this increase in absenteeism is detrimental to the nation, families, and children, and has directed all schools and education sector stakeholders in every district to investigate the root cause of this problem and find a lasting solution.         

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