UNEB Finally Releases PLE Results For Kotido

The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the 2025 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results for Kotido Army Primary School after clearing the school of suspected examination malpractice. 

The results had initially been withheld after UNEB suspected that the candidates may have received external assistance during the examinations. 

However, a hearing conducted by the UNEB Examinations Security Committee on February 27 cleared the school’s head teacher, Simon Tito Elanyu, and the affected candidates. Following the hearing, UNEB released the results on Monday, March 2. 

The decision has brought relief to parents and school administrators who had been anxiously waiting for the outcome, fearing that the delay could affect the pupils’ transition to secondary school. 

Parents had earlier expressed anger over the withholding of the results, with many worried that their children might miss admission opportunities for Senior One. 

Mary Alany, a parent from Kitgum, welcomed the release of the results, saying it would allow parents to secure school placements for their children in time.

“It’s a relief that the results have finally been released, although there was a delay. We shall now be able to look for admissions so that they can report for Senior One,” she said in an interview with our reporter on Thursday. The head teacher, Simon Tito Elanyu, also welcomed the eventual release of the results. 

According to the final results, the school registered 62 candidates for the examinations. Of these, five passed in Division One, 55 in Division Two, and one in Division Three, while one candidate did not sit the examinations. The results have also increased the number of candidates who passed in Division One in Kotido Municipality to 57, up from the earlier tally of 52.

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