Uganda: More Than 9,000 Drop Out After Registering for PLE

23 November 2017

Mbarara — More than 9,000 pupils did not sit Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) despite registering as candidates over the last seven years in the districts of Ntungamo, Mbarara, Kiruhura, Bushenyi, Isingiro, Mitooma, Sheema, Buhweju, Ibanda and Rubirizi.

Information obtained from Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) website indicate that out of 333,482 pupils who registered for PLE from 2010 to 2016, a total of 9,320 did not sit.

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