How to get Lost PLE, UCE or UACE Certificates/Result Slip – 2023

This article contains information on How to get Lost PLE, UCE or UACE Certificates – 2023. This involves what you should do if you lose your PLE, UCE or UCE certificates. It also contains the certificate recovery procedures as well as the requirements needed for this request to be granted by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB).

UNEB does not issue duplicate certificates. In case of loss/damage of result slips and/or certificates, a letter of verification of results is issued to serve the concerned candidate. These are issued on request by individuals, educational institutions, employers and government agencies that carry out investigations.

Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) is an assessment body with systems of examination formats and grading inherited from the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. The Syndicate was responsible for school examinations in the British colonies until 1968 in the case of East African Countries. Currently, UNEB is responsible for school examinations at primary and secondary school levels as follows: Primary Leaving Examination, Uganda Certificate of Education Examination & Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Examination.

PLE, UCE OR UACE LOST CERTIFICATE RECOVERY APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

The requirements for this service are: (i) Individuals should:

• bring a letter from the school/centre of sitting
• come in person. Candidates outside the country should send a copy of the identity document and a letter authorizing someone else to process the document.
• bring a letter from Police, in case of loss or damage of slip/certificate
• present a copy of a valid identity card
• pay processing fees as determined from time to time. Payment will be made to the Cashier and an appropriate receipt issued. The approved fee effective January 2015 is 40,000 shillings for an ordinary letter and 80,000 shillings for a Hard Card that serves as substitute for a certificate.

(ii) Institutions, agencies, bodies

• Provide a:
• letter of request addressed to the Executive Secretary, UNEB
• typed list of persons whose results are to be verified indicating level of examination (PLE, UCE or UACE) year of sitting and the correct index number (including both centre & candidate number)
• photocopies of the result document to be verified/confirmed and the “original” document where forgery is highly suspected
• Pay the Uganda National Examinations Board against an invoice issued by the Board.

PLE, UCE OR UACE LOST CERTIFICATE RECOVERY APPLICATION PROCEDURE – HOW TO APPLY

Processing of letters of verification of results (LVR) is done at Ntinda office block.  You can also apply online here.

For more information and inquiries, please leave a comment below.