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Boys Beat Girls as UNEB Releases 2022 UCE Results

by Muhamadi Byemboijana
February 9, 2023
Boys Beat Girls as UNEB Releases 2022 UCE Results
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The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has released the 2022 Uganda Certificate Examinations (UCE) results.

According to Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director, in 2022, 345,695 candidates (173,761 males and 171,934 females) appeared for the examination compared to 330,592 candidates who appeared for the examination in 2020.

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This is an increase of 15103 (4.6%) candidates.

The results indicate that 46,667 candidates representing 13.5% passed in division one, 76,745(22.2%) in division two, 88,690(25.7%) in division three and 117,837 in division four.

He revealed that this was a better performance.

He noted that the failure rate has also dropped by 1.0 percent.

Overall, male candidates performed better than girls.

Male candidates in Division 1 were (15.5%) while females were (11.5%) and Division 2, males registered (23.3%) while females registered (21.0%), Division 3, Males registered (25.5%,) while females (25.8%) Division 4, Male registered (31.4%) while females registered (37.0%) and Division 9, Males registered (4.3%) while females registered (4.7 %).

However, Female candidates performed better than males in English Language and Chemistry, and the male candidates showed better performance in the higher grades but, overall, a higher percentage of females obtained at least a pass.

According to Odong, this trend in the disparity in the performance of male and female candidates has been observed over the years.

For the special Needs, candidates have performed quite well, especially those with Low Vision, Odong said.

He also revealed that they have registered an overall improvement in performance in the large entry subjects except in Christian Religious Education, Biology and Commerce.

According to the statistics from the examination body, Mathematics showed better performance at the Distinction level, but declined overall.

English Language improved at credit and overall Pass levels but declined at the distinction level.

Performance in Biology has continued to decline as seen in the last few years.

Worth noting is that, performance in Physics and Chemistry has improved, although the overall pass levels are still low.

Over 40% of the candidates have not passed the two subjects.

The Board examined Chinese Language for the first time in 2022. A total of 134 candidates sat and 124 (92.5%) of them passed.

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