UNEB Statistics from the just released 2020 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination results have shown that boys outperformed the girls except the English language only.
Speaking at the function held at State House in Nakasero, today, the Board’s executive secretary, Mr Dan Odongo said girls performed better than boys in only English language.
““Female candidates performed better than males in the English Language. In other large entry subjects, male candidates show better performance, with the differences more marked in Mathematics and the Sciences,” Odongo said,” he said.
Mr Odongo said that in other large entry subjects, male candidates showed better performance with the differences more marked in mathematics and sciences.
According to the results released Friday at State House Nakasero, 14.3 per cent of males passed in division one compared to 9.9 per cent females.
Similarly, 22.9 percent male candidates passed in second division compared to 19.4 per cent female candidates.
At least 4.9 per cent males failed completely compared to 6.3 percent females.
Odongo said the 2020 UCE candidature decreased by 4,324 (-1.3%) from 337,720 in 2019 to 333,396.
Of these, 148,128 (44.4%) were Universal Secondary Education (USE) beneficiaries. The number of females candidates registered is 166,744 (50.01%) and that of males is 166,652 (49.99%).
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