Uneb calls candidates to defend withheld PLE results

Uneb spokesperson Jennifer Kalule says such pupils are scheduled to appear before a tribunal next week on a date which will be communicated to school heads.

“The candidates will be asked questions depending on their PLE answer sheets before the tribunal,’’ Kalule told Monitor on Tuesday.

However, she refused to disclose the number of candidates and schools to face the Uneb tribunal.

Kalule further explained that those who fail to defend themselves before the tribunal will have their results summarily canceled and encouraged to re-sit PLE this year.  

A head teacher at one of the affected schools in Nabweru, Wakiso District, told this publication that all PLE results of its pupils were withheld by Uneb because of “some small concerns which are confidential but the issue is being sorted.”

The head teacher further advised all the affected parents to go to the school for an update about their children’s PLE results.

“Those with concerns should come to school for clarification because we can’t keep explaining everything over the phone,” he said.

However, a parent, whose child's PLE results were withheld, who declined to be named for personal reasons, said the school authorities have allegedly failed to provide a clear explanation why their former candidates have not yet received their results.

“I then called school authorities and was told that all results had been withheld because some parents didn’t clear school fees yet I had paid to zero balance. I had prepared everything for my daughter to join Senior One but I am now speechless,” she claimed.

Joan Nagawa, whose results were withheld, says she doesn’t want to repeat Primary Seven, adding that the thought of doing so “makes her cry”.