KAMPALA.
A total of 91,990 candidates who sat the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) passed in Division One ,the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has revealed.
Another 388,293 candidates ( 48.10 percent) passed in Division Two , 165,226 in Division Three and 84,724 in Division Four.
“More candidates passed in Division I in 2025 than in 2024 ,an increase of 7,689 .In terms of numbers ,more candidates (7,503 ) passed the 2025 PLE compared to 2024,” Mr Dan Odongo , the Uneb executive director said during the release of results at Nakasero State Lodge on Friday
However , at least 77,080 (19.04 per cent) candidates were ungraded.
Mr Dan Odongo said :”Of this (registered) number, 522,036 (63.8 per cent) from 11,525 centres were Universal Primary Education (UPE) beneficiaries, and 295,847 (36.2 per cent) of the candidates from 3,863 centres were Non UPE,” Mr Odongo said.
In 2025, analysis by gender shows that 389,469 (47.6 per cent) boys were registered compared to 428,324 (52.4 per cent) girls, indicating that more girls than boys completed the Primary Education cycle.
“This has been the trend in recent years. The percentage was 52.5 per cent for the girls in 2024 whereas for the boys it was 47.5 per cent. The Board registered 3,636 learners with Special Needs of various categories, including the blind, the deaf, the physically handicapped and the dyslexics, compared to 3,328 in 2024,” Mr Odongo added.