The 2024 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education exams released on Friday morning have indicated that the overall performance for candidates has dropped, compared to 2023.
The results released at State Lodge in Nakasero have indicated that whereas in 2023, 99.2% of the candidates who sat for the S.6 exams passed, in 2024, the performance dropped to 98.85%.
The results indicate that 54,338 representing 38.6% passed with three principal passes in 2024, lower than the 52, 630 representing 48.1% in 2023 while 92,273(65.5%) passed with two principal passes in 2024, lower than the 80,816(73.8%) in 2023.
Also, the number of candidates who obtained one principal pass was 121, 506 representing 98.8% lower than the 108, 621( 99.2%) in 2023.
Girls outshine boys
The results showed that more girls( 26928) indicating 43.7% passed with three principal passes, more than their male counterparts at 34.6%.
The number of girls who attained two principal passes was 43,890( 71.2%), higher than the 48,383 representing 61.1% of the boys.
This shows that the percentage passes at the upper levels( 3P and 2P) are higher for females than for male candidates.
According to UNE Executive Director, Dan Odongo, proportionally, females performed better than their male counterparts at the principal level pass( A- E) in all the humanity subjects , Physics and General Paper as has been the trend for many years.
He noted that female entries for the sciences and mathematics have remained lower than that of males as is the case with overall female entry
The results say that of the 48 candidates who sat in prisons had 93.8% males. Of these, 25 candidates representing 52.1% obtained three principal pass levels.
“All qualified for the UACE certificate. Only one candidate did not sit for the examination,” Odongo said.
