Exhibit 32.01

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                              UNDER 18 U.S.C. 1350
                             PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of PLATO Learning, Inc.
(the "Company") for the period ended April 30, 2005, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Michael
A. Morache, President and Chief Executive 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 my
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: June 9, 2005                         /s/ MICHAEL A. MORACHE
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                                           Michael A. Morache
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer