Uganda, Nov. 29 -- The marking of the Uganda national examinations is slated to kick off next month, the authorities have announced.

According to the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb), a total of 14,616 examiners have been identified to mark Primary Leaving Examination and Uganda Certificate of Education papers, which were completed by candidates on November 9.

The Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) exams are still underway.

Addressing journalists yesterday, the Uneb spokesperson, Ms Jenipher Kalule, said they are finalising preparations for the marking of the scripts.

"The Board has contracted about 6,000 examiners for PLE and 8,500 examiners for the marking of UCE, where we have about 116 papers to be marked," M...