After briefing the minister of education and sports of the results of the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results yesterday, the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has today released the results to public consumption today at an event that took place at State House Nakasero graced by the first Lady Janet Museveni and her other junior ministers DR JC Muyingo and Dr Moliku Kaducu.
According to the UNEB Executive Director Dan Odongo, a total of 749,254 candidates from 15,859 centers(schools) registered to sit for PLE in 2023 compared to the 832,654 candidates in 2023.
Of this number, 501,602 (66.9%) from 11,365 centers were Universal Primary Education (UPE) beneficiaries and 247,652 (33.1) of the candidates were non UPE
However, a higher proportion of the 2023 candidates passed in Division 3 and above level. Overall, the performance of candidates is greatly 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 for the Senior One.
Accordingly, 86,582 (11.8%) candidates passed in Division One (D1), 336,507 (57.4%)candidates passed in Division two (D2), 146,290 candidates passed in Division Three (D3), 69,283 candidates passed in Division Four (D4) while a whooping 88,269 candidates failed and 12,323 were absent and didn’t sit of the exams.
You can know how your Child performed by typing PLE [SPACE] INDEX NUMBER for example PLE 003421/021 and send to 6600 to both MTN and Airtel.
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