A higher proportion of 2023 PLE candidates passed, says Uneb.
A higher proportion of the 2023 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) candidates passed in division 3 and above level, a performance Uganda’s examination body says is comparable to that of 2022.
“It should be noted that the number of candidates in division U is quite high at 88, 269 and should raise high concern so that they do not just add to the statistics of school dropouts,” Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) Executive Director Dan Odongo said at the release of the exams in Kampala.
In the Ugandan education system, candidates who post U-grade results are ineligible for admission to Senior One.
Overall statistics show 749,254 pupils registered for the November 8-9 exams from 15,859 school centres across Uganda in 2023, projecting a decrease in candidature by 83, 400 as weighed against 2022.
“In 2022, there was a surge in candidature due to the hold-up that had been occasioned by COVID-19 from 2020-21,” the Uneb chief observed.
On Thursday, education minister and first lady Janet Museveni informed that selection for S1 learners will be held February 1 and 2 with the secondary school first-timers to report on February 19, 2024, for their opening term.
“I have been informed by the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) that the P7 and S4 codes of 2024 are the last classes of learners utilizing the abridged curriculum…thereafter, we shall be using a full primary school curriculum and a revised O’Level curriculum after this year,” she further revealed.
Some of the numbers
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