A proportion of 2023 Primary Leaving Examinations candidates passed in division three(3) and above level a performance. The number of students in division U is quite high at 88,269.
The candidates performed better in the subjects of science and mathematics and English remained the worst performed subject.
749,254 candidates registered 8th-9th from 15,859 school centres in Uganda in 2023 projecting the candidature of 83,400 as a weigh had against 2022. In 2022 there was a surge in candidature due to the hold up that had been occasioned by Covid 19 of 2020-2021 the UNEB chief observed.
Males performed better than females and recorded a lower failure rate. 47,452 male candidates passed with division one, 16,4906 with division two, 6,9870 with division three, 31,415 with division four and 38,346 with division U. A total of 39,130 females passed with division one, 171,601 division two, 86,420 division three, 37,868 division four and 49,926 with division U.
The number of female students who sat for PLE exams 2023 is higher than that of the males . According the the UNEB report 391,558 females sat for the exams and 357,789 males. It’s unfortunate that 1.6% of the candidates missed exams.
Due to the undesirable decrease in boys population sitting for UNEB the minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni said that the ministry will have to seat and discuss on the possible causes of boy child drop outs and find the clear solution for the problem.
During the release of the PLE today 25th January 2024, the minister of Education said that the number of students with disabilities has started to increase not because their population is increasing but because of the sensitisation done that makes parents know that they are children and they can do what others can.the number of students with disabilities that sat for PLE 2023 stands at 2,436.
Mrs. Kataha said that those candidates that don’t qualify to get the PLE certificate are encouraged to repeat in P.7 in all public schools in the country.
BY CATHELINE ANKUNDA
