By Frank Kamuntu
On Thursday, the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) released results of Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) revealing the best and worst schools in Kampala and the entire country.
UNEB Executive Director Daniel Odong highlighted a positive trend, noting an increase in the number of candidates achieving Division 3 and above compared to 2022 results. Overall, Mr. Odong reported that the pass rate remains consistent with last year, at 88.0%.
According to Odong, males performed better than females in the above-mentioned schools and countrywide.
He said 47,452 boys were in Division One, representing 13% compared to 39,130 girls in Division One, representing 9.99%.
According to our analysis, Parental Care defeated all schools in Bushenyi and ranked number three in the country as seen in the table below;
| School | Location | Average Agg |
|
Mukono | 4.8 |
|
2. St.Mukasa Preparatory Seminary |
Mbarara | 5.7 |
| 3.Parental Care Nursery and Primary School | Bushenyi | 5.8 |
| 4. Hormisdallen Mixed Day and Boarding Pri. School. | Gayaza | 6.0 |
| 5. Greenhill Academy | Wakiso | 6.8 |
| 6.Yudesi Ps | Kampala | 6.5 |
| 7. Seeta Junior School | Mukono | 7.8 |
| 8. Namilyango Junior Boys Ps | Mukono | 8.4 |
| 9.Amilo Ps | Apac | 8.9 |
| 10. Babungi Nursery Ps | Bundibugyo | 10.5 |
UNEB says a total of 164, 906 boys (46%) boys were in Division Two compared to 171, 601 (43%) girls.
While, 69,870 boys (19.53%) were in grade 3 and 86,420 (22.07%) girls were in the same grade.
Girls performed better than boys in English, where 90.64% passed English compared to the boys who are 88.32% but the reverse is true for the other three subjects; SST, Science, and Mathematics.
”A higher proportion of the 2023 candidates passed in Division 3 and above level. Overall, the performance of candidates is comparable to that of 2022. Division U (Ungraded) is awarded to candidates who have failed to reach the minimum level of performance that can be awarded at least a Division 4 They are not eligible for admission to the Senior 1 class,” he added.
“It should be noted that the number of candidates in Division U is quite high, at 88,269 (10.4%) and should raise concern so that they do not just add to the statistics of school drop-outs. There are districts such as Kibuku (31.5o), Madi Okollo (31.5%), Dokolo (28.9%), Kween (28.4%), Namisindwa (28.9%) where the percentages are well above the national average. Many other districts have over 20% of the candidates in Division U. It is necessary to find out the causes and address them,” Odong added.
It’s worth noting that a total of 749,254 candidates from 15,859 centres (schools) registered for PLE in 2023 compared to 832,654 in 2022. Of this number, 501,602 (66.9%) from 11,365 centres were Universal Primary Education (UPE) beneficiaries, and 247,652 (33.1) of the candidates were Non UPE.
Uganda Prison registered 69 candidates and 60 candidates sat of whom 2 passed in Division 1, 32 obtained Division 2, 15 obtained Division 3, 5 obtained Division 4 and 6 were ungraded; while the 9 did not sit the exam.
Key Stats;
- Total registered candidates- 749,254
- UPE candidates- 501,602
- Female candidates- 391,558
- Male candidates- 357,789
- Inmates-69
- Special Needs Education learners- 2,436.
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