The Uganda National Examinations Board, UNEB, together with the Ministry of Education have today 14th March 2025 officially released the results of the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, UACE results in a ceremony presided over by the Minister of Education, Hon Janet Kataha Museveni.
In these results, the females outperformed their male counterparts. According to UNEB’s Executive Director, Dan Odong, females performing better than the males is a trend that has been observed in the past couple of years.
“Just as we have observed over the years, female candidates, although fewer in number than the male candidates, have performed proportionally better than their male counterparts. The percentage passes at the upper levels (3P and 2P) are higher, while percentage passes at the lower levels and failure rate among female candidates are lower than for the males.”
Meanwhile, a total of 141,996 candidates registered for the 2024 UACE examination compared to 110,566 candidates in 2023; an increase of 31,4430 candidates (28.4%). This is a very significant increase in candidature compared to previous years. Of these, 61,957 (43.6%) were females, and 80, 039 (56.4%) were males. Males also accounted for 53.1% (16,695) of the increased candidature.
It is possible that as a result of the change in admission criteria for primary school teachers, those candidates that would have gone for Grade Three teacher training after Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) chose to pursue the UACE pathway.
