EXHIBIT 99.01

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of PLATO Learning, Inc. (the
"Company") for the year ended October 31, 2002, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), each of John Murray, the
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Gregory J. Melsen, the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to and for
purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to his knowledge:

1.       The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.       The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company.


Date: January 29, 2003               /s/ John Murray
                                     ---------------------------
                                     President and
                                     Chief Executive Officer

                                     /s/ Gregory J. Melsen
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                                     Vice President Finance and
                                     Chief Financial Officer