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By Moses Andama
In Hoima City
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Sixty-six (66) Primary Seven candidates who sat for their Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in 2025 in Hoima City have lost their gate permits for secondary education after the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) canceled their results yesterday due to proven examination malpractices.
The affected candidates include 31 pupils from God’s Light and Bat Stevenson Nursery and Primary Schools, which are both part of the government-aided Kitemba Primary School, as well as 35 pupils from Mapera Primary School.
The cancellation of results followed the appearance of representatives from the affected schools, including school inspectors, invigilators, the city education officer, and the town clerk, before the National Examinations Security Committee for hearings. The results for these schools had been withheld since January 25 when the PLE results were released.
Caroline Nyamahunge, the city inspector of schools, stated that during the UNEB interrogation, the students were subjected to a re-examination, which revealed that their performance significantly differed from that of the withheld results from the previous year.
“During the hearing, all learners were required to write a fresh examination using the same set of papers they sat for last year. It was clearly proven that there was malpractices in the form of copying among the schools during last year’s PLE sittings,” she said.
Nyamahunge emphasized that the cancellation of results was justified, as the candidates could not demonstrate the same level of understanding during the re-examination.
She also reported that UNEB had issued multiple warnings to various stakeholders, including the education department, schools, and invigilators, regarding examination integrity.
“Schools must refrain from seeking external support to boost the performance of learners who are struggling during national examinations,” Nyamahunge warned. “Such actions clearly indicate a weakness in service delivery, suggesting that you lack the capability to teach your students to succeed.”
Nyamahunge urged all schools to cooperate in ensuring that the affected candidates are allowed to repeat their PLE without fail.
The 66 affected candidates were part of the last year’s total registered figure of over 1,000 students from both private and government-aided primary schools for the PLE.
However, efforts to reach some officials from the affected schools, including Stephen Opige, the deputy head teacher of Mapera Primary School, and the parents of the affected candidates, were unsuccessful as they did not answer their phones.
This troubling situation has left the affected candidates with limited options for secondary schools, disrupting their opportunities to enroll in their preferred institutions across the country.
