Uganda: Missing PLE Scripts for Koboko School Found Locked in Headmaster's Office

3 February 2026

Exams body, UNEB has said the scripts for learners at Bamure Primary School in Koboko district which had gone missing have been found locked in the headmaster's office.

34 candidates from the school were left in distraught after their scripts for Integrated Science for learners of Bamure Primary School were no where to be seen.

Consequently, as the PLE results were being released, they were awarded 'X' .

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However in a statement, they were awarded 'X' as a thorough check for the scripts was being conducted at our marking centres, followed by the school.

"It is this investigation that yielded into the discovery of the sealed script envelop which was found intact in the lockable box for UNEB materials in the office of the Headmaster," UNEB spokesperson, Jenifer Kalule said in a statement on Tuesday.

UNEB said that for avoidance of any doubt, the envelope that had been recovered from the headmaster's office was first handed over to Koboko Central Police Station who collected it from the school, and confirmed that it had not been tampered with.

"The scripts have now been passed on to UNEB for marking," Kalule said.

UNEB reassured the parents and candidates of Bamure Primary School, and "all concerned stakeholders that the scripts will be marked expeditiously and the candidates graded in time for the selection and placement exercise. "

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