By Frank KamuntuÂ
Unveiling 2023 UCE results, the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Executive Director Dan Odongo said that candidature increased by 15,008 (4.3%) from 349,459, in 2022 to 364,469 in 2023.
The candidates sat from 3,808 examination centers.
Of these candidates, 118,633 (32.5%) were Universal Secondary Education (USE) beneficiaries. The number of male candidates registered was 180,471 (49.5%) and that of females was 183,998 (50.5%).
According to the executive director, performance in the 2023 examination is significantly better than that of 2022.
The failure rate has also dropped by 0.5 percent. This means that 329,939 (95.9%) of the learners who presented themselves for the 2023 examination can progress to the post-UCE level.
2023 UCE results show that female candidates performed better than males inthe English Language.
In the other subjects, males perform better, with the differences being very significant in History, Geography, Science subjects and Commerce.
In Chemistry, however, the male candidates show better performance in the higher grades but, overall, a slightly higher percentage of females obtained at least a Pass. This trend in the disparity in the performance of male and female candidates has been observed over the years.
While releasing 2023 UCE results, Odongo also noted that cases of examination malpractice have continued to reduce.
“Most of the ones reported in this examination were external assistance given in the examination rooms and affecting mostly Physics and Chemistry practical examination, and Mathematics,” he said.
He said that affected schools whose results were withheld will be notified through their portals. They will also be notified of the dates of the hearings,” he said.
