By Watera Atai,
NATIONAL
The 2022 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results will be released on Friday, the minister of state for education Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu has said.
The report follow public anxieties questioning the ministry why the national examinations body UNEB has delayed to release the results.
But, Dr Kaducu apologized for the delay and explained that the board was ready to release the results, but that it was necessary to brief the top ministry officials before releasing the results.
Earlier today, the government Chief Whip Hamson Obua told parliament that UNEB officials will brief the minister on Wednesday and agree on the date to release exams.
Hon.@HamsonObua the Gov't Chief Whip has clarified on the rumours about the release of PLE Results.
"The date for the release of PLE results has not yet been set. @UNEB_UG will brief the Minister of @Educ_SportsUg tomorrow and in that meeting, a date will be set" #PlenaryUg pic.twitter.com/okWhRxvVeh
— Parliament Watch (@pwatchug) January 24, 2023
A total of 832,810 candidates registered from 14,153 examination centers. 51.9 percent of the total registered candidates were females and 48.1 percent were males. 583,769 were funded under the Universal Primary Education-UPE program, and 249,041 were non-UPE candidates.
