Live: Release of UACE results

Candidates write exams. FILE PHOTO

10:14am: Release of the results happening Inside the Ministry of Education boardroom. Anthem sang and a short prayer.

10:15am: UNEB Secretary Mathew Bukenya addressing the conference : "With pleasure we present to you successfully conducted UACE results."

10:16am: 108,419 registered for the 2014 examinations from 1803 centres compared to 116,190 candidates from 1110 centres in 2013, Females constituted 40.6% of the students who sat for UACE2014 exams. 0.8% females were absent. 1% males were absent - Bukenya

10:19am: 98.4% qualify for the award of the UACE certificate - Bukenya

10:22am: Female candidates performed better than their male counterparts. However, Male candidates performed better in science subjects

10:23am: Female performed better at A to E in History Economic Islam, Literature, General Paper and Subsidiary Mathematics

10:25am: Only 20% of students who sat for UACE2014 opted for Sciences - Bukenya

10:28am: Cases of malpractice increased from 34 to 173. Results have been withheld. Luna, Giant College and Nsamba Hill Side named for malpractice and hearings are going on- Bukenya

10:30am: Many centres resolve to exam oriented teaching making it difficult for candidates to study other topics that may be examined. Invigilators that failed to show up to centres are at police for failure to show for duty.

UNEB Chairperson speaks

10:36am: I would like to state that the results we are about to release had no leakage at all. I congratulate the candidates. A decrease of around 7000 candidates has been reported and the board is looking at the cause- Okwakol

10:37am. The number of candidates taking on sciences has continuously dropped despite making them compulsory at Olevel, government needs to find a strategy to remedy the problem. The low numbers of females opting for sciences also worries.

10:42am: Okwakol thanks members of the board and her team before handing over the results to Education minister Ms Jesicca Alupo

What you need to know

Candidates with 3 principle passes:
2014: 36,666 (34.2%)
2013: 32,829 (28.7%)

Candidates with 2 principle passes:
2014: 27,466 (25.6%)
2013: 28,650 (25.1%)

Candidates with 1 principle pass:
2014: 23,694 (22.1%)
2013: 27,496 (24.0%)

At the minimum 2 principle passes required for university admission, 64,132 candidates qualify.

If tertiary institutions are considered (requirement is 1P and 2 subsidiary passes)...87,826 candidates (81.9%) will qualify

3 principle passes
Female 16,116 - 37.0%
Male 20,547 - 32.3%

2 principle passes
Female 11,722 - 26.9%
Male 15,742 - 24.8%

1 principle pass
Female 9,152 - 36,990
Male 14,541 - 22.9%

2 principle passes
Female 11,722 - 26.9%
Male 15,742 - 24.8%

1 principle pass
Female 9,152 - 36,990
Male 14,541 - 22.9%

1 subsidiary pass
Female 6,180 - 14.1%
Male 11,376 - 17.9%

Failures
Female 427 - 1.0%
Male 1,326 - 2.1%

Proportionally, female candidates performed better than their male counterparts with a lower failure rate than for males

GENERAL PAPER
Females: 43,594 A(4.0%) B-E(72.4%)
Males: 63,500 A(4.2%) B-E(64.2%)

HISTORY
Females: 20,271 A(13.9%) B-E(81.5%)
Males: 22,564 A(12.5%) B-E(79.4%)

ECONOMICS
Females: 16,787 A(3.9%) B-E(56.2%)
Males: 26,384 A(3.4%) B-E(53.8%)

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Females: 12,773 A(0.8%) B-E(47.3)
Males: 13,241 A(0.6%) B-E(43.3%)

ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUC
Females: 2,008 A(3.9%) B-E(71.3%)
Males: 1,697 A(3.0%) B-E(64.7%)

CRE
Females: 13,261 A(3.2%) B-E(73.7%)
Males: 9,608 A(2.1%) B-E(63.5%)

GEOGRAPHY
Females: 22,705 A(1.9%) B-E(54.4%)
Males: 33,800 A(3.1%) B-E(45.4%)

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Females: 4,714 A(6.7%) B-E(74.9%)
Males: 2,155 A(3.9%) B-E(61.2%)

MATHEMATICS
Females: 7,320 A(6.5%) B-E(53.1%)
Males: 19,480 A(9.6%) B-E(54.1%)

SUB MATH
Females: 15,560 A(3.7%) B-E(44.1%)
Males: 21,578 A(3.2%) B-E(32.7%)

PHYSICS
Females: 3,048 A(2.6%) B-E(58.9%)
Males: 12,365 A(3.8%) B-E(55.2%)

AGRICULTURE
Females: 3,995 A(0.6%) B-E(38.1%)
Males: 10,778 A(0.7%) B-E(39.1%)

CHEMISTRY
Females: 3,534 A(6.0%) B-E(58.7%)
Males: 8,806 A(8.7%) B-E(62.0%)

BIOLOGY: http://bit.ly/1DYreeC
Females: 4,096 A(3.0%) B-E(46.2%)
Males: 9,118 A(4.2%) B-E(50.5%)

ART:
Females: 8,762 A(0.4%) B-E(57.8%)
Males: 41,524 A(1.4%) B-E(63.6%)
SUB ICT:
Females: 27,907 A(2.4%) B-E(44.3%)
Males: 41,524 A(4.7%) B-E(50.3%)

Females performed better than males at the B-E level in History, Economics, IRE, CRE, Geography, Literate in English, GP, Sub

Improvement in performance is seen at Principal level passes in all large entry subjects except Agriculture and Art

Transition in Sciences and Mathematics has remained quite low, only 20.0% offered Math, 14.4 Physics, 11.5 Chemistry, 12.3 Biology

A large proportion of candidates who sat for Math and Sciences were unable to obtain a principal pass level

Common weakness: listing points instead of explanation, generalised answers, lacking in specifics and examples, cram work.

Alupo speaks

10:48am: I note a big drop in candidature, i ask uneb to investigate this to find out the critical reason for this drop.

10:49am: Am aware that some learners chose to take the vocational training, this benefits the nation and we nedd to get the proper statistics

10:50am : The MOES and significantly invested in ICT e-learning to the tune of 5.2m dollars to procure digital learning content.

10:54am: I am charging the technical staff of the MOES to establish the low science transition from UCE to UACE, A student who gets a credit should be allowed to offer sciences. schools should not insist on distinctions.

10:55am: I commend the UNEB for the release of the results earlier than ever before, it means that the capacity of Bukenya is at its peak