The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) together with the State Minister for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo, have today officially released the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results where over 98,000 candidates sat for the examinations in 2022.
In these results, total of 97,889 candidates registered for the examinations from 1, 969 centres. Of the registered candidates, 42% (41,113) were females while 58% (56,776) were males.
Data from UNEB also indicated that 99.2% of the total number of candidates who sat for the exams qualified for the UACE award.
In 2022, more candidates were able to get 3 principal passes compared to 2020. For instance, in 2022, 41,973 (representing 43.5%) candidates got 3 principal passes compared to 41,411 (representing 42.5%) candidates.
At the minimum of 2 principal passes required for admission into university, 67,815 (70.3%) qualified compared to 69.8% in 2020.
During the release of the UACE exams, Muyingo revealed that teacher absenteeism is still a big challenge most especially among government schools. He called upon head teachers in schools and the Ministry of Education to ensure strict supervision of the schools to fight teacher absenteeism.
ED DAN ODONGO "In accordance with Section 4 (3) of the UNEB Act, 2021, the Board, has withheld results of 113 candidates, and will accord the affected candidates a fair hearing before passing a final verdict"#UACE2022 pic.twitter.com/guvdSa0jYG
— Uganda National Examinations Board (@UNEB_UG) March 3, 2023
