State Minister for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo has Thursday Morning, February 28, released the 2018 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations (UACE) results at President’s Office, Kampala.
Muyingo released the results in an acting capacity as the Minister of Education and Sports
A total of 99,672 students registered for 2018 UACE out of who 53,359 are males and 41,313 females from 2,217 centres across the country.
The number of candidates registered for the 2018 UACE reduced by 2,335 compared to the 102,007 candidates who sat for UACE exams in 2017.
Of the registered candidates for 2018, the Government sponsored candidates are 18,550 (including 12,577 males and 5,973 females), while private candidates are 81,122 (including 45,782 males and 35,340 females).
UNEB has withheld results of 91 candidates from 21 centres. Most common forms of beaches have been external assistance, substitution of scripts and smuggling of unauthorised material, according to Dan Odongo the UNEB executive secretary.
98.6% of the candidates qualified for the award of Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education. To qualify, one needs to obtain at least a subsidiary pass in a principal level subject.
Female candidates performed better than their male counterparts at all levels. The failure rate among females is lower (0.8%), than males (1.8%). The scenario is similar to that of 2017
63,123 candidates who sat for the exams qualify for University admission, with at least 2 principal passes.
History, Economics, Entrepreneurship Education, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Arts have shown better performance than in 2017. Geography improved at the A-Pass level. CRE, Literature in English, Agriculture and Biology showed a decline – Dan Odongo.
Results indicate that there is better performance in 2018, than that of 2017, however entries for science subjects are quite low, according to Prof Mary Okwakol, the UNEB chairperson
