Comparing PLE 2024 results performance with the previous sitting’s candidates’ performance, Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) says there has been improvement.
As Education Minister Janet Museveni continues to preside over the release of the results at a ceremony at State House Entebbe, here is a summary of PLE 2024 Results Performance by Grade, Subject, Gender, Prisons and Special Needs Education (SNE) students.
Uneb executive director Dan Odongo noted that a total of 797,444 candidates from 14.883 centres (schools) registered for PLE in 2024 compared to 749,347 in 2023.
Of this number, 524,025 (65.7%) from 11,451 centres were Universal Primary Education (UPE) beneficiaries.
In 2024, analysis by gender shows that 378,709 (47.5%) boys were registered compared to 418,750 (52.5%) girls, indicating that more girls than boys completed the Primary Education cycle.
This has been the trend in recent years, said ED Odongo.
On overall Performance by grades (Distinction, Credit and Pass), the performance of candidates in the four subjects is compared over the two-year period of 2024 and 2023.
“A higher proportion of the 2024 candidates passed in Division 2 and above level. Overall, the performance of candidates is better than that of 2023. A higher proportion of the candidates passed (91.8%) compared to 2023 (88.0%),” noted Odongo. “There is a drop in the number of candidates obtaining Division 1.”
LUZIRA, MBARARA PRISON INMATES PERFORMANCE
Odongo noted that the Board registered 71 candidates from Uganda Government Upper Prison, Luzira (70 males and 1 female), and 37 from Mbarara Main Prison (all males).
At the Uganda Government Upper Prisons School, Luzira, 71 candidates were registered as compared to the 69 registered in 2023.
Of the 71 candidates who registered, 59 candidates sat, 4 passed in Division 1, 36 obtained Division 2, 13 obtained Division 3.
At Mbarara Main Prison Inmates Primary School, 37 candidates (all male) were registered and they all sat. Of those, 4 obtained Division 1; 20 are in Division 2, 10 are in Division 3 while three are in Division 4. None was ungraded.
SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION (SNE) CANDIDATES
Odongo noted that the results show that the 2024 SNE candidates have done well, especially the category of the deaf candidates who had appeared most disadvantaged in the previous years.
“In 2023, 44 per cent of candidates in this category were ungraded. This time the proportion is 23 percent, a big improvement,” added Odongo.
But he revealed that some schools had started registering learners with health conditions such as asthma as SNE candidates.
“A worrying development however, has been noticed in a few schools that are registering perfectly normal pupils to be recognized as special needs candidates. They are hiding under the category of Others; pupils that suffer from health conditions such as Asthma, Epilepsy and Sickle Cell anaemia,” noted Odongo.
“The Board recognizes that such candidates may get attacks during the examination period. However, those candidates do not require any specialized assistance, except extra time of 45 minutes allowed to them. The errant schools have been found to select their good pupils to benefit from the extra time.”
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