BOYS PERFORM BETTER THAN GIRLS IN PLE

BY GODFREY OLUKYA

KAMPALA. The Primary Leaving Examination results released by UNEB have indicated that boys have once against outshined their female counterparts.

The results indicated that whereas girls beat boys in English language, the male counterparts performed better in the remaining subjects of Social Studies, Mathematics, Religious Education and Integrated Science.

A total of   432,554 girls accounting for   51.9% registered for the 2022 PLE exams compared to the    400,100 (48.1%) who were boys.

The results indicate that 60,070 boys representing 15.4% passed in division one, compared to 54,547(12.9%) of girls whereas in division two, 172,827 boys representing 44.3% passed in comparison to 184,972(43.9%) girls who passed in the same grade.

In grade three, 68,272 boys (17.5%) passed compared to 78,311(18.6%) girls and on the other side, 45,309(11.1%) boys failed compared to 51,800(12.3%) for girls.

According to UNEB overall candidates’ performance generally improved as can be seen at the percentages scoring distinction and credit grades.

The results also indicate that just as been the case for many year, candidates under the government Universal Primary Education (UPE) program performed poorly again.

Whereas 566,515 registered for PLE exams under UPE, 87,825 of them completely failed the exams compared to the 9,284 from non-UPE schools who failed out of the 245,295 who sat in this category.

Speaking at the release of the exams, the Education Minister, Janet Museveni who also doubles as the First Lady said the results indicate that more learners are enrolling in UPE schools around the country.

Meanwhile atleast 97,109 pupils failed the exams and will have to repeat the class. However, the examination body didn’t reveal the number of candidates whose results were withheld but confirmed there were such cases.