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Education
Why SST was the worst done subject in PLE
According to the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) data, only 3.3% of the 807,460 candidates who sat for the 2025 SST paper, scored a distinction, a drop from 7.9% in 2024.
While performance in mathematics and English improved in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), the country was shocked that social studies (SST), a hitherto highly passed subject, was the worst done.
By: Martin Kitubi, Journalist @New Vision
KAMPLA - For decades, social studies (SST) was among the best done subjects in Primary Leaving Examinations. Shockingly, however, SST was the worst-performing subject according to results that