“We are glad to inform the country that there was better quality performance in terms of grade.” This was said by the Mary Okwakol, the UNEB chairperson at the release of the 2022 Primary Leaving Results earlier today.
The Primary Leaving Examinations were conducted in November 2021 and a total of 811,810 sat the examination out of 832,654 who had registered to sit 14,691 centers making 2.5 percent of absentees and a percentage increase of 0.8 for the first time in the past 4 years.
According to UNEB, 14.1 percent of all the pupils passed with division one against 111 percent in 2020 and with a notable better performance in English and Mathematics subjects.
The males have proportionally recorded a better performance than the females who also had a lower failure rate.
A total of 63 inmates sat the examinations at Uganda Government Upper Prison School Luzira and among 5 and 34 passed in division one and two respectively.
The Board registered 2,436 learners with special needs of various categories including the blind, the deaf, the physically handicapped among others compared to 1599 in 2020 signifying the the largest increase ever of 52.3%. Of these 1,153 (47.3%) were females and 1,283 (52.7%) were males. A total of 1,609 of the candidates needed specialized support including braille, sign language interpreters among others, a ting that the board says has presented a big constraint on the budget.
Speaking at the ceremony, the UNEB executive director Dan Odongo said that there has been increase in exam malpractice but they are considering a new policy to handle the vice.
“Scouts and examiners reported a number of cases of suspected external assistance rendered to candidates by third parties inside examination rooms and smuggling of information relevant to the examination by some of the candidates,” Odongo said.
The improvement in performance has been attributed to thee increased time that the teachers spend on task the learners in school. The teachers also tend to adopt teaching methods that emphasize preparation of candidates for test taking.
“There is a higher level of involvement by urban parents in their children’s learning process, and urban areas generally have better access to facilities that supplement classroom teaching.”
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