Kampala, Uganda – The 2025 Senior One placement exercise for students who sat the 2024 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) begins today 30th, January and will conclude on Friday, 31st Januar at the UMA Grounds, Lugogo.
The exercise will run from 8 AM to 5 PM daily. This follows the release of the 2024 PLE results last week by Janet Museveni, Minister of Education and Sports.
The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) reported improved overall performance in 2024 compared to 2023, with a pass rate of 91.8 percent, up from 88 percent in 2023. However, the number of candidates achieving Division One declined.
The distribution of results across divisions is as follows: 84,301 candidates achieved Division One, 397,589 in Division Two, 165,284 in Division Three, and 75,556 in Division Four.
Hundreds of thousands of PLE candidates will be placed in secondary schools nationwide during this two-day exercise.
Deborah Basekanakyo, president of the Association of Secondary School Head Teachers of Uganda, confirmed that schools are prepared for the selection process. “The cut-off points are more or less similar to those of last year,” Ms. Basekanakyo explained. “The slight variations are due to differences in the number of learners sitting for PLE each year.”
Following the placement exercise, Senior One students will join continuing students at their respective schools. “We expect the First Term for the Senior One cohort of 2025 to commence on Monday, February 17, 2025,” Minister Museveni announced during the release of the PLE results.
As the selection process commences, a look at the 2024 cut-off points for Uganda’s top schools is provided below.
| School | Cutoff Pts (M) | Cutoff Pts (F) | |
| 1 | King’s College Budo | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | St Mary’s SS Kitende | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Uganda Martyrs SS Namugongo | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | St Mary’s College Kisubi | 5 | |
| 5 | Maryhill High School | 5 | |
| 6 | Gayaza High School | 5 | |
| 7 | Makerere College | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Immaculate Heart Girls SS Nyakibare | 6 | |
| 9 | Trinity College Nabbingo | 6 | |
| 10 | Ndejje SSS | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Ntare SS | 6 | |
| 12 | St Henry’s College Kitovu | 6 | |
| 13 | Brilliant High School | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | Nabisunsa Girls School | 7 | |
| 15 | Mbarara High School | 7 | |
| 16 | Bweranyangi Girls SS | 7 | |
| 17 | Mengo Senior School | 7 | 7 |
| 18 | Gombe SS | 7 | 8 |
| 19 | Kawempe Muslim SS | 7 | 8 |
| 20 | Sacred Heart SS Mushanga | 7 | 8 |
| 21 | Seeta HS Green Campus | 7 | 8 |
| 22 | Seeta HS Mbalala Campus | 7 | 8 |
| 23 | Seeta HS Mukono Campus | 7 | 8 |
| 24 | Naalya SS Bweyogerere | 7 | 8 |
| 25 | Naalya SS Namugongo | 7 | 8 |
| 26 | Seroma Christian HS | 7 | 8 |
| 27 | St Stephen’s SS Bugiri | 7 | 10 |
| 28 | Iganga Girls SS | 8 | |
| 29 | St Peter’s SS Nsambya | 8 | 8 |
| 30 | St Mary’s College Rushoroza | 8 | 8 |
| 31 | Lubiri SS | 8 | 9 |
| 32 | Kigezi High School | 8 | 10 |
| 33 | Kyeizooba Girls SS | 9 | |
| 34 | Tororo Girls’ School | 9 | |
| 35 | Nyakasura School | 9 | 10 |
| 36 | Kira College Butiki | 9 | |
| 37 | Kabale Brainstorm | 9 | 11 |
| 38 | Standard College Ntungamo | 9 | 12 |
| 39 | Masaka SS | 9 | 12 |
| 40 | St Maria Goretti SS Katende | 10 | 10 |
| 41 | St Joseph’s College Ombaci | 10 | |
| 42 | Kyebambe Girls SS | 10 | |
| 43 | Mengo SS | 10 | 10 |
| 44 | Bishops SS Mukono | 10 | 10 |
| 45 | Entebbe SSS | 10 | 10 |
| 46 | Janan SS Bombo | 10 | 12 |
| 47 | Kajjansi Progressive SS | 10 | 12 |
| 48 | Nganwa High School | 11 | |
| 49 | Ibanda SS | 11 | |
| 50 | Nakabaale High School | 11 | 11 |
| 51 | St Peter’s College Tororo | 11 | |
| 52 | Bubangizi SSS | 11 | 12 |
| 53 | Kitebi SS | 11 | 12 |
| 54 | Kigezi College Butobere | 12 | |
| 55 | St Leo’s College Kyegobe | 12 | |
| 56 | Nabumali High School | 12 | 12 |
| 57 | Mpanga SS | 12 | 12 |
| 58 | Kigumba Parents SS | 12 | 12 |
| 59 | St Catherine Girls Lira | 12 | |
| 60 | Crested SS Makindye | 12 | 12 |
| 61 | Wanyange Girls SS | 12 |
