The Minister of Education & Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni, has today, 23rd January 2025, released the 2024 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in Kampala.
Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) revealed that a total of 797,444 candidates from 14,883 centres (schools) registered for PLE in 2024 compared to 749,347 in 2023.
Of this number, 524,025 (65.7%) from 11,451 centres were Universal Primary Education (UPE) beneficiaries, and 273,419 (34.3%) of the candidates from 3,432 centres were Non UPE.
In 2024, analysis by gender shows that 378,709 (47.5%) boys were registered compared to 418,750 (52.5%) girls, indicating that more girls than boys completed the Primary Education cycle.
This has been the trend in recent years. The percentage was 52.3% for the girls in 2023 whereas for the boys was 47.7%.
UNEB has advised parents, candidates and other interested parties to use the Short Messaging Service (SMS) on MTN and Airtel mobile networks.
Results of the candidates will be posted results of candidates on their mobile sets instantly; if the correct procedure is followed as per instructions below.
Go to Messages on the phone menu
Type PLE
Leave space
Type the full index number of the candidate
Send to 6600 on the MTN and Airtel networks.
Network carrier charges apply.
