Bukedea Comprehensive School Achieves Remarkable 99% First Grades in UCE

Bukedea Comprehensive School, under the ownership of Speaker Anita Among, erupted in jubilation as the school recorded an astounding 99% of first-grade achievements in the recently released Uganda Certificate Examinations (UCE).

Out of the 112 candidates that sat for the examinations, the school secured an impressive 111 first grades, with only one student earning a second-grade designation.

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The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has revealed that performance for the 2023 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) increased drastically last year with the passing rate at 95% countrywide and only 5% of the candidates failing the O’Level exams.

This was revealed by Mr Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director during the release of 2023 UCE results on Thursday, February 15, 2024, at State House Nakasero in Kampala.

According to Mr Odongo, the number of candidates who registered for the 2023 UCE increased by 15,008 (4.3%) from 349,459, in 2022 to 364,469 in 2023, all of whom sat across the 3,808 examination centres countrywide.

Of these candidates, Odongo told the Education Minister that 118,633 (32.5%) were beneficiaries of government’s USE. He also noted that the number of male candidates registered was 180,471 (49.5%) and that of females was 183,998 (50.5%).

“Candidature increased by 15,008 (4.3%) from 349,459, in 2022 to 364,469 in 2023 The candidates sat from 3,808 examination centres. Of these candidates, 118,633 (32.5%) were USE beneficiaries. The number of male candidates registered was 180,471 (49.5%) and that of females was 183,998 (50.5%),” Mr Odongo explained before the education stakeholders on Thursday.

He added that performance in the 2023 examination is significantly better than that of 2022 with the failure rate dropping by 0.5 per cent.

“This means that 329,939 (95.9%) of the learners who presented themselves for the 2023 examination can progress to the post-UCE level,” said Odongo.