The Ministry of Education and Sports has today released the Primary Leaving Examination results of 2016 and there is a slight improvement in the performance from 2016
A total of 640,000 candidates had registered for PLE in 2016 and the results indicate that the candidates' performance was better compared to 2015. Social Studies was performed best followed by English, and Science. Performance in Mathematics improved at distinction level but showed slight decline in overall performance.
The best performing areas were all municipalities which included Fort Portal, Entebbe, Ntungamo, Rukungiri, Jinja, Kabale, Masaka, Mbarara, Lira, Masindi.
The worst performing districts are majorly from the east with the exception of only one district; Kyankwanzi. The worst performing districts are; Buyende, Luuka, Kween, Mayuge, Kaliro, Iganga Main, Kyankwanzi, Bulambuli, Namutumba, Serere
This year, 541,089 candidates passed PLE making up 87% compared to 517,889 (86.2%) in 2016. Results of 1,886 candidates were withheld by UNEB pending completion of investigations.