Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | History and Political Education emerged as the weakest-performed subject in the 2025 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations, despite generally strong results across most humanities and arts subjects. Results released by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) indicate that 12,898 candidates out of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More candidates attained a C grade and above in the 2025 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations than in 2024, signalling improved application of knowledge and skills to real-life situations. Arts and humanities subjects registered the strongest performance, while science subjects recorded a notable …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has brought back to the table its long-standing proposal to abolish the aggregate-based grading system for the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), in a decisive move aimed at dismantling one of the leading drivers of examination malpractice in primary …
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COMMENT | CONSTANCE KICONCO | “I don’t think I’m sick, but I’m stressed. I’m in Primary Seven. I’ve failed to get better marks in Maths. Musawo, I feel I’ve done everything, but the best I get is Credit 5. It’s putting me down. It has stressed me. I don’t feel like …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 1,415,857 candidates have been registered for the 2025 national examinations across all levels, according to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB). These include candidates for the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE), Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE), and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education …
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Performance of candidates has shown significant improvement in Economics, Literature in English, Physics, and Biology. Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & UNEB MEDIA | A level candidates offering Ugandan local languages have performed poorly according to the latest national A Level results released today by First Lady and Minister of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The last batch of students to sit for the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) under the phased-out old curriculum has recorded poor performance, with 1,629 learners (16.7%) failing outright and nearly 60% passing in Division Four—the lowest grade. The special one-time transitional examination, administered …
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Total Candidates: 359,417 (First cohort under new system) ✅ Gender Breakdown: 🔹 177,133 (49.3%) Male 🔹 182,284 (50.7%) Female ✅ USE vs Non-USE Candidates: 🔹 136,785 (38.1%) USE Beneficiaries 🔹 222,632 (61.9%) Non-USE ✅ Exam Attendance: 🔹 357,120 (99.4%) Sat for Exams 🔹 2,297 (0.6%) Absent (Absenteeism continues to decline …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While candidates who excelled in the 2024 Primary Leaving Examinations (P.L.E) start secondary school today, uncertainty looms over 264 pupils in Luwero District whose results were withheld. The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) released the 2024 P.L.E results on January 23, 2025. In Luwero …
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The councilors accused one head teacher of presiding over a decline in enrollment from 504 pupils to less than 200, misplacing the school’s mobile phone, possessing three different school stamps, and failing to cooperate with the School Management Committee (SMC) for effective planning. Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two …
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