2024 PLE: UNEB says 91.8% candidates passed
Delivering the PLE 2024 results at State House Nakasero in Kampala on January 23, 2025, UNEB executive secretary Dan Odongo reported that about 84,000 candidates passed in Division One.
Dan Odongo, the Executive Director of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), remarking during the release of the PLE results. (Photo by Miriam Namutebi)
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The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) says 91.8% of the 786,981 who sat for the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in 2024 passed and are fit to join secondary school.
Delivering the PLE 2024 results at State House Nakasero in Kampala on January 23, 2025, UNEB executive secretary Dan Odongo reported to First Lady and the Minister of Education and Sports Mrs Janet Museveni that out of these, about 84,000 of candidates passed in Division One.
He said 397,589 passed in Division Two, Division Three (165,284), Division Four (75,556), while 64,251 were ungraded or scored Grade ‘U’.
According to Odongo, 797,444 candidates from 14,883 centres (schools) registered for PLE in 2024 compared to 749,347 in 2023. He said over 10,000 of the candidates did not appear to sit for the exams.
He added that 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.