The results indicate that 81 out of 152 primary schools in the District, failed to register any single candidate in division one. The most disturbing results were from Musamba primary school in Rubaya Sub County where, 17 out of the 23 candidates were ungraded, four obtained fourth grade, and only two attained grade two.
Top on the list is St Kizito Primary School that registered 118 pupils in first grade and 4 others in second grade out of the 122 pupils that sat for the 2016 exams. Since 1998, St. Kizito, a Catholic funded primary school has been posting impressive grades in PLE exams.
Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Secretary, says while examinations were free from leakage, the board is investigating cases of examination malpractice involving about 2000 pupils across the country.
The results released by the Uganda National Examinations Board UNEB today indicate that 37,265 of these are boys while 26,135 are girls. This represents 6 and 4.2 respectively of the 640,833 candidates who sat for the examinations.
The Uganda National Examinations Board UNEB has dismissed as fake a write up circulating on social media announcing that Primary Seven and Senior Four results will be released on 10th and 17th of January respectively.
