Marking of PLE, UCE completed

Kampala

The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has finalised the marking of both the Primary Leaving and Ordinary Level examinations papers. The exercise started on November 27.

Mr Francis Agula, the assistant commissioner in-charge of secondary education, said the early completion of the exercise brings hope that the exams could be released next month. “The marking of PLE and UCE is complete and we hope the examining body will be able to hand them to the ministry for release mid next month,” Mr Agula said in an interview yesterday.

All examiners at various centres were yesterday allowed to enjoy a three –day Christmas break and are expected back on December 27 to embark on the verification of the results before they are released.
The Ministry of Education has set January 30 to31 and February 14 to 15 for selecting Senior One and Senior Five entrants respectively.

For Senior Six exams, the exercise will commence soon at various marking centres and will also be completed in the last week of January. A total of Shs18.5 billion is expected to be spent on the entire exercise. The money covers accommodation of examiners, support staff, marking fees, and out-of –pocket, materials for use at the centres and stationary.

Unlike in the previous years where Uneb always said the examinations went on well and later withhold exams from some centres, this year the body revealed early that more than 15 people had been arrested over alleged involvement in malpractices.