The Executive Director of Uganda National Examination Board, Dan Odongo has said that female candidates performed better than their Male Counterparts despite of them being few than Males in the 2023 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations (UACE). He said this at release of the exams on Thursday 7th, 2024.
“….although female candidates are fewer in number than the male candidates, proportionally, they performed better than their male Counterparts did. The percentage passes at the upper levels (3P and 2P) are higher, while percentage passes at the lower levels and failure rate among female
candidates are lower than for the males. This has been the observed trend in the last three years,” – said Dan Odongo, ED UNEB.
However, the Board has also notes that entries for Sciences at UÁCE Continue to be lower than for Humanities among the female students compared to the males.
“once again. female candidates have performed better, Proportionally, than the males at all levels and bave shown a lower failure rate. Even at individual subiect levels they have shown a better Pertornance.
However, we continue to see a low percentage of the female Candidates at this level offering Mathematics and Science combinations. The paradox, Honourable Minister. is that the girls who offer the STEM subjects perform well, if not better than the boys. Why then do the girls shy away from these subjects?,” – said Professor Celestino Obua UNEB Chairperson.
The Executive Director of UNEB Dan Odongo said that over 99 percent of the candidates qualify to join University and other tertiary institutions.
According to UNEB, 80,643 (73.7%) qualify to be admitted, compared to 67,815
(70.3%) in 2022. This is consistent with the fact that there was better overall performance and a significant increase in entries for the examination in 2023 and many of them qualify to join the next level of education.
“University admissions to degree courses have, up to date, been considering 2 Principal level passes as the minimum requirement……. In
cases where one Principal and two Subsidiary passes levels are considered for admission to other tertiary institutions, 90.7%% of the candidates will qualify. This is better when compared to 2022 with 89.3%,” – Dan Odongo, ED UNEB
Over 108,492 students out 109,488 who sat for the 2023 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations (UACE) passed last year’s final year examination, according to the Uganda National Examination Board (Uneb)
