PLE exam Leakage
The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has on Monday briefed candidates on the dos and don’ts ahead of writing their Primary Leaving Examinations candidates on Tuesday and Wednesday.
A total of 832,810 candidates are expected to sit for this year ‘s PLE from 14,153 examination centres including upper Prison School Luzira. The field conduct of the examinations will be handled by 139 District Monitors, 12,391 scouts, 10,356 chief invigilators and 33,395 invigilators.
Jennifer Kalule Musamba, the Principal Spokesperson UNEB has asked the public to dismiss reports circulating social media since last week, indicating that the forthcoming PLE papers have already been leaked to the public and various schools.
During a briefing session on Monday Kalule says the examination body has been very strict in ensuring that no papers leak to the public, whether for PLE or the ongoing UCE exams.
“Dismiss social media reports. No PLE paper has leaked or has been seen anywhere as portrayed on social media since last week. As a body we have ensured that no official paper is released prior to its time. That is why we have registered a number of cases of impersonation, where candidates are hiring other individuals to sit their examinations,” she says
Last week, Kalule confirmed that investigations were on-going into the alleged leaking of papers after two unknown persons were accused of distributing suspected exam material to various schools.
Kalule stated that the suspects could have been sharing these materials using social media platforms.
“The forensic professionals are still looking into the chain. Once they have finished, more information will be disclosed.” she said last week
PLE exam Leakage
Meanwhile, in her briefing today, Kalule has also called on all head teachers of schools without sitting centres to brief candidates at their schools and ensure that they are introduced to the examination centres where they will sit final exams.
She has cautioned all PLE candidates arrive at examination centers at least thirty minutes to the start of their sitting to prepare, get checked and enter exam rooms in time. Kalule warns that any candidate who will turn up 15 minutes into exams risks missing the entire process.
She has further cautioned candidates to avoid writing different names from the one’s officially registered at UNEB on papers, in addition, Kalule says candidates must only include random numbers for their schools and index on their papers instead of school names.
PLE examinations start on 8th with Mathematics in the morning and Social Studies, Religious Education in the afternoon. They conclude on November 09 with Integrated Science and English.
The theme for this year’s Uneb examination is “Integrity and Security in Management of the examinations; the Health and safety of learners is a joint responsibility”
Compiled by Minah Nalule
