Kitende, Gombe, Kawempe top A’levels
Mar 10, 2011
ST. Mary’s Kitende, Gombe, Kawempe, King’s College, Budo and Uganda Martyrs’ Namugongo were the top performing schools in last year’s A’level examinations.
By CONAN BUSINGE
ST. Mary’s Kitende, Gombe, Kawempe, King’s College, Budo and Uganda Martyrs’ Namugongo were the top performing schools in last year’s A’level examinations, according to an analysis done by New Vision.
The analysis ranked schools with the highest number of As obtained by candidates who scored 20 points or more in the examinations.
The analysis, therefore, did not necessarily consider the performance of all candidates who sat for the examinations.
Candidates who scored 20 or more points, especially in science subjects stand high chances of being admitted to public universities on government sponsorship.
The schools scored highest are also likely to dominate admission of the students on Government sponsorship.
But ordinarily, any student who passes A’level with two principal passes is eligible for university admission.
Since the analysis is based on the total number of As obtained, the schools with big candidate classes had advantage in the ranking over those with small classes.
For instance, Kitende had a total of 640 candidates, Gombe 228, Kawempe 188, King’s College Budo 256 and Uganda Martyrs Namugongo had 144 candidates.
Many other top schools had smaller classes. Kitende topped the list with 395 A’s, followed by Gombe SS with 109, Kawempe Muslim with 106 and Uganda Martyrs’ Namugongo with 98.
They were followed by Buddo SS, Mengo SS, St. Mary’s College Kisubi, Nabisunsa Girls, Trinity College Nabbingo and Kakungulu Memorial.
Other top schools in the country were Mbarara High, Seeta High (Seeta), Makerere College, Lubiri SS and Naalya SS (Bweyogerere).
Others were Turkish Light Academy and Nsambya Hillside School. Only 364 schools managed to get some of their students passing with at least 20 points.
A total of 22 schools did not have a single student passing a subject with an A.
Of all the 99,904 candidates who sat the examinations last year, 21,524 got four principal passes, and a good number of the principals obtained were As.
Scores at A’level are graded from A to E, then O and F. A is the highest score and it equals six points. B is five points, C is four, D is three, E is two and O is one point. F is failure and equals zero points.
Basing on this analysis, a number of traditional and private schools have broken into the ranks of the best schools in the country.
They include Gombe SS, Kakungulu Memorial, Nsambya Hillside School, Turkish Light Academy and Crested SS.
In New Vision’s analysis of 2009’s A’level performance, Mt. St. Mary’s Namagunga, King’s College Budo and Naalya SS (Bweyogerere) were the best schools.
They were followed by Kitende, Kisubi, Kitovu, Kisubi Seminary, Kawempe Muslim, Ntare and Namugongo.
But in the 2009’s results analysis, the ranking was based on the performance index, a method used by examination boards in ranking schools.
Here, calculation is based on the performance of candidates in each grade, divided by the number of candidates in a school.
The top schools are still the best ones at giving A’level candidates higher chances of being admitted at university.
ST. Mary’s Kitende, Gombe, Kawempe, King’s College, Budo and Uganda Martyrs’ Namugongo were the top performing schools in last year’s A’level examinations, according to an analysis done by New Vision.
The analysis ranked schools with the highest number of As obtained by candidates who scored 20 points or more in the examinations.
The analysis, therefore, did not necessarily consider the performance of all candidates who sat for the examinations.
Candidates who scored 20 or more points, especially in science subjects stand high chances of being admitted to public universities on government sponsorship.
The schools scored highest are also likely to dominate admission of the students on Government sponsorship.
But ordinarily, any student who passes A’level with two principal passes is eligible for university admission.
Since the analysis is based on the total number of As obtained, the schools with big candidate classes had advantage in the ranking over those with small classes.
For instance, Kitende had a total of 640 candidates, Gombe 228, Kawempe 188, King’s College Budo 256 and Uganda Martyrs Namugongo had 144 candidates.
Many other top schools had smaller classes. Kitende topped the list with 395 A’s, followed by Gombe SS with 109, Kawempe Muslim with 106 and Uganda Martyrs’ Namugongo with 98.
They were followed by Buddo SS, Mengo SS, St. Mary’s College Kisubi, Nabisunsa Girls, Trinity College Nabbingo and Kakungulu Memorial.
Other top schools in the country were Mbarara High, Seeta High (Seeta), Makerere College, Lubiri SS and Naalya SS (Bweyogerere).
Others were Turkish Light Academy and Nsambya Hillside School. Only 364 schools managed to get some of their students passing with at least 20 points.
A total of 22 schools did not have a single student passing a subject with an A.
Of all the 99,904 candidates who sat the examinations last year, 21,524 got four principal passes, and a good number of the principals obtained were As.
Scores at A’level are graded from A to E, then O and F. A is the highest score and it equals six points. B is five points, C is four, D is three, E is two and O is one point. F is failure and equals zero points.
Basing on this analysis, a number of traditional and private schools have broken into the ranks of the best schools in the country.
They include Gombe SS, Kakungulu Memorial, Nsambya Hillside School, Turkish Light Academy and Crested SS.
In New Vision’s analysis of 2009’s A’level performance, Mt. St. Mary’s Namagunga, King’s College Budo and Naalya SS (Bweyogerere) were the best schools.
They were followed by Kitende, Kisubi, Kitovu, Kisubi Seminary, Kawempe Muslim, Ntare and Namugongo.
But in the 2009’s results analysis, the ranking was based on the performance index, a method used by examination boards in ranking schools.
Here, calculation is based on the performance of candidates in each grade, divided by the number of candidates in a school.
The top schools are still the best ones at giving A’level candidates higher chances of being admitted at university.