UACE 2022: Females outshine males

This was revealed by the UNEB executive secretary, Daniel Odongo, while releasing the results at the Office of Prime Minister on Friday, 3 March 2023.

Odongo told the media female candidates outperformed their male counterparts when it comes to those who passed with both 3 and 2 principle passes.

"The female candidate who passed with 3 principle passes were 48.6% compared to males who were 40.1%,” he said.

Odongo added: “At 2 principle passes level and above, the females were 75% compared to males who were 67%.”

He said girls managed to outshine their male counterpart despite of the fact that female candidates were less than the males.

"Although the number of female candidates were less, the numbers of those who passed were far much more than those of males,” Odongo emphasised.

According to UNEB, a total of 97,889 candidates registered for the examinations from 1, 969 centres. Of the registered candidates, 42% (41,113) were females while 58% (56,776) were males.

Data from UNEB also indicated that 99.2% of the total number of candidates who sat for the exams qualified for the UACE award.

In 2022, more candidates were able to get 3 principal passes compared to 2020. For instance, in 2022, 41,973 (representing 43.5%) candidates got 3 principal passes compared to 41,411 (representing 42.5%) candidates.

At the minimum of 2 principal passes required for admission into university, 67,815 (70.3%) qualified compared to 69.8% in 2020.