Wakiso has been ranked by the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) as
the best performing district in the 2019 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE)
exam results.
While releasing the results in Kampala on Friday, the board’s executive
secretary, Mr Daniel Odongo said the district topped the performance list with
6,088 candidates passing in the first division followed by Kampala with 3,220
candidates and Mukono with 2,759 candidates in the same division.
Mbarara was ranked fourth with 894 candidates in division one.
Mr Odongo, however, said some districts registered a 35 percent failure rate
which is more than the 7.8 percent registered at the national level.
“The failure rate in the UCE examinations dropped to 7.8 percent, from 12.8
percent in the previous year. Therefore, 92.2 percent of the candidates who sat
for the exams are able to proceed to the next level of education,” he said.
According to the results, some of the upcountry districts like Nakapiripiriti,
Zombo, Bukwo Buvuma, Kween Bundibugyo performed poorly.
Mr Odongo has now tasked local leaders in the poorly performing districts to
address loopholes in the education system in their respective districts.
“It is unfortunate that these districts have consecutively performed poorly yet
there is nothing being done to help them improve. The local leaders should help
find out why these districts have continued to perform poorly,” Mr Odongo said.
The News Editor ,Reporter at Kagadi Kibaale community Radio
