Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has released the results of the Primary Leaving Exams(PLE) for the year 2022.
According to UNEB, candidates who sat for the 2022 Primary Leaving Examinations have posted better performance compared to their colleagues who sat for the 2020 examinations.
Releasing the results at State House in Nakasero, the Executive director of Uganda National Examination Board, Daniel Odongo said a total of 811,810 students sat for the examinations, 400,100 were male and 432,554 were female.
Of these, 114,617 passed in first grade, 357,799 passed in grade two,146,583 in third grade, and 95,702 passed in fourth grade. According to UNEB statistics, 97,109 candidates were not graded.
A total of 714,702 out of 811,810 students who sat for the examinations have passed and can proceed to post-primary education, according to Odongo.
Odongo says whereas female students performed better than their male counterparts in Pediatrics English subject, the reverse is true for the other three subjects; social studies and religious education, integrated science and mathematics where the boys beat girls.
He however added that those who were not graded should repeat primary seven.
Odongo reported that more pupils qualified to join post-primary institutions than in previous years.
Below are the steps to follow:
Type PLE Index no.
Send to 6600. For example PLE 003400/001 and send to 6600.
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