By Olivia Nabaggala
25th Jan 2024
The 2023 Primary Leaving Examinations have been released, indicating a drop in performance in all subjects compared to the previous year 2022.
Proportionally male candidates have performed better than the females. However Girls performed better than boys in English, with a 90.64% pass level compared to the boys who are 88.32% but the reverse is true for the other three subjects; SST, Science, and Mathematics.
According to the results, 47,452 boys passed in Division One, representing 13% compared to 39,130 girls in Division One, representing 9.99%.
A total of 164, 906 boys (46%) were in Division Two compared to 171, 601 (43%) girls. 69,870 boys (19.53%) were in grade 3 while 86,420 (22.07%) girls were in the same grade.
A total of 749,254 candidates from 15,859 centers (schools) registered for PLE in 2023 compared to 832,654 in 2022. 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.
Speaking at the release of the results at State House Nakasero this afternoon, 25 January 2024, UNEB Executive Director Dan Odongo said a higher proportion of the 2023 candidates passed in Division 3 and above.
The further reveal that more candidates passed Science and Mathematics, better than the previous year.
Uganda Prisons registered 69 candidates, but 60 inmates appeared for the examinations from Upper Prison School, Luzira. 2 have passed in division 1, 32 in division two, 15 in division 3, 5 obtained division 4, while 6 were ungraded.
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