How regions performed in PLE

Central region once again maintained its dominance in the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results released on Friday last week, with more than half of the total number of pupils who passed in Division one coming from the area. 

Western Uganda came in second position, while Eastern Uganda came in third place, with Northern region trailing in a distant fourth. 

A total of 41,380 pupils of 231,119 who sat for the examinations from Central Uganda passed in Division One, representing 52 per cent of all those in the grade across the country. Western Uganda had 23,677 of the total 170,030 pupils who sat from the region in Division One, representing 30 per cent while Eastern Uganda had 9,987 pupils scoring Division One, representing 13 per cent. The eastern region had 209,921candidates.

Trailing 
Northern Uganda had the least number of candidates who did the examinations, standing at 114,143. Of these, a paltry 4,477 pupils obtained Division One, representing 6 per cent of all the pupils that obtained the grade in the country.

A total of 736,942 candidates sat for the 2020 examinations, up from 683,302 in the previous year, representing an increase of 7.7 per cent.

Central Uganda again led in Division Two, closely followed by Western Uganda and Eastern Uganda and Northern Uganda trailing in that order.

Eastern Uganda had the highest number of candidates (36 per cent) in Division Three, followed by central, western and northern.

Eastern Uganda again led in Division Four with 38 per cent of the candidates, followed by central with 25 per cent. Northern this time climbed a step to the third spot, and the least number of pupils who passed in Division Four came from western Uganda. Eastern Uganda also produced more candidates in Division U, meaning they are ungraded, than any other region, followed by north and central.
East had 48 per cent of failures, followed by North at 20 per cent, closely followed by Central at 19 per cent with West at 14 per cent.

Missed exams
At least 12,473 candidates never showed up for examinations, with the majority coming from central Uganda. The region had 4,359 candidates who did not show up examinations, representing 35 per cent, while western Uganda had 3,212 candidates, representing 26 per cent absent.

Eastern Uganda had 2,867 candidates (23 per cent) miss the exams and northern Uganda had the least number of candidates who missed the examinations, standing at 2,035, representing 16 per cent.

While releasing the results last week, Ms Janet Museveni, the minister of Education, asked the parents to support their children while at school. 

“So most of the learners that completed PLE did benefit from the home study materials we heavily invested in with supplemented lessons through radio and television broadcasts in region where such service were in reach,” she said.

“This is where I urge parents, guardians, local councils and district local governments to do the best job you know how to when it comes to ensuring that when these home study materials are supplied to your district by the Ministry of Education, they reach the intended beneficiaries in their homes,” she added.

The Uneb executive secretary, Mr Dan Nokrach Odongo, said candidates continued to perform poorly in questions that required reasoning and explanations, particularly in English Language and Mathematics.