PLE 2024 RESULTS: The ministry of education has today released the 2024 examination results showing that the overall pass rate increased as compared to 2023.
A total of 84,301 candidates scored first Grade, 397,589 scored second division, 165,284 in third grade, a total of 75,556 candidates in fourth grade and 64,251 have failed.
The results show that Candidates have performed better in Social Studies & Religious Studies, Integrated Science and Mathematics
A higher proportion of the 2024 candidates passed in Division 2 and above level. Overall, the performance of candidates is better than that of 2023. A higher proportion of the candidates passed (91.8%) compared to 2023 (88.0%).
‘’There is a drop in the number of candidates obtaining Division 1. Division U (Ungraded) is awarded to candidates who have failed to reach the minimum level of performance that can be awarded the minimum Division 4. They are not eligible for admission to the Senior One class’’ said UNEB executive director Mr. Dan Odong while presenting the results to minister for education and sports, Janet Kataha Museveni at Nakasero state house.
Candidates have performed better in Social Studies & Religious Studies, Integrated Science and Mathematics, There was an overall drop in performance in English compared to 2023.
A total of 797,444 candidates from 14,883 centres (schools) registered for PLE in 2024 compared to 749,347 in 2023. Of this number, 524,025 (65.7%) from 11,451 centres were Universal Primary Education (UPE) beneficiaries, and 273,419 (34.3%) of the candidates from 3,432 centres were Non UPE.
Performance of Special Candidate Groups
Prison Inmates at the Uganda Government Upper Prison School, Luzira, 71 candidates were registered as compared to the 69 registered in 2023. Of the 71 candidates who registered, 59 candidates sat, 4 passed in Division 1, 36 obtained Division 2, 13 obtained Division 3, 6 obtained Division 4, and none were ungraded, while 12 did not sit for the examination.
At Mbarara Main Prison Inmates Primary School, 37 candidates were registered and they all sat. Of those, 4 obtained Division 1; 20 are in Division 2, 10 are in Division 3 while three are in Division 4. None were ungraded. All candidates were male.
EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE:
UNEB successfully delivered examination question papers up to the examination sitting centres. I greatly appreciate the efforts of the education officials (District Inspectors of School and District Education Officers) and the Chief Administrative Officers for ensuring that the distribution of examination papers was done by credible officers.
Odong noted that ‘’No cases of damaging question paper envelopes to access the contents was reported or detected throughout the country. However, in four centres the head teachers in collaboration with invigilators opened envelopes before time and went ahead to assist the candidates during the examination; especially in Mathematics. In other centres teachers were arrested assisting candidates on the chalkboard.
A total of 68 suspects have so far been arrested and charged in courts of law and remanded, and already 12 convictions and sentencing have been secured.
‘’ I am very grateful to our dedicated Security Team that has worked so hard on these cases of malpractice. Many suspects have confessed that they will abandon malpractice and go back to teaching. We are grateful to the Judicial Officers before whom the suspects appeared because they interpreted the relevant sections of the UNEB Act Cap 259 correctly and handed down appropriate sentences’’ Mr. Odong said
COLLECTION OF RESULTS
Results will be uploaded on the examination centre Portals. Each school can, therefore, download their results as soon as they are officially released. However, the District, Municipal and City Inspectors of Schools may collect
hard copies of the results from UNEB offices at Ntinda from Monday, 27th January, 2025. No copies of results are available as of now.
Parents, candidates and other interested parties may use the Short Messaging Service (SMS) on MTN and Airtel mobile networks. Results of the candidates will be posted results of candidates on their mobile sets instantly; if the correct procedure is followed as per instructions below:
Instructions to get PLE Results by SMS
Go to Messages on the phone menu
Type PLE
Leave space
Type the full index number of the candidate
Send to 6600 on the MTN and Airtel networks.
