PLE 2022: Top districts with most division one candidates

Districts such as Nabilatuk that had only five candidates in division one in the 2020 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) this time around had seven candidates passing in division one.

Results released last Friday indicate that all the 136 districts in Uganda had candidates who passed in division one.

In this article, we rank the best performing districts in 2022 PLE;

District	Number of candidates in division one	Percentage (%)	Total candidates
Mbarara	3,636	38%	9,657
Kampala	12,896	34%	38,105
Masaka	3,120	32%	9,628
Bushenyi	2,116	32%	6,648
Sheema	1,965	31%	6,388
Mitooma	1,428	30%	4,704
Wakiso	21,588	30%	71,566
Kabarole	2,046	28%	7,249
Kyotera	1,663	27%	6,243
Mukono	6,018	26%	23,380
Bunyangabu	945	26%	3,695
Rwampara	793	25%	3.123
Rubirizi	739	25%	2,958
Kiruhura	696	22%	3,111
Ibanda	1,177	20%	5,860
Rukungiri	1,592	20%	8,074
Kalangala	108	19%	555
Kabale	1,084	19%	5,586
Ntungamo	2,273	19%	11,899
Kazo	530	17%	3.095

According to UNEB, a total of 114,617 (representing 12.1%) passed in division in 2022 compared to 81,864 (representing 11%) in the same division in 2020.

However, it also important to note that there was an increase in the number of candidates who registered for PLE exams.

A total of 832,654 candidates from 14,691 centres registered for the PLE exams in 2022 compared to 749,761 in 2020.