Top PLE schools
Jan 21, 2009
SCHOOLS from Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono districts continue to dominate the list of best performing schools in Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), according to an analysis by The New Vision.
By Anthony Bugembe
SCHOOLS from Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono districts continue to dominate the list of best performing schools in Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), according to an analysis by The New Vision.
Waterford primary school in Rubaga division, Kampala was the best performer with 23 of its 24 candidates passing in division one.
It is followed by Namagunga boarding (Mukono), St Kizito Lira, Gayaza Junior (Wakiso), Kabojja Junior (Wakiso) and Kwagalakwe boarding school (Mukono). Most of the top schools are privately-owned.
For the past three years, private schools have taken the lion’s share among the top PLE schools.
The 2008 PLE analysis is based on the percentage of first grades in 679 primary schools across the country.
The analysis was carried out by The New Vision because the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), unlike its counterparts in East Africa, does not release this analysis.
Kampala district had nine schools among the 20 best schools, followed by Wakiso with five and Mukono with three.
Statistics from UNEB show that Kampala district had 3,529 (14.3%) of its 25,299 candidates passing in the first grade.
Wakiso district registered 2,456 (8.6%) first grades from the 29,432 candidates and Mukono 1,230 (6.3%) out of 19,635 candidates.
Looking at the 2007 analysis, some schools maintained slots among the top 10 primary schools in the 2008 exams, while others have slipped.
The new faces include Waterford primary school, Kabojja junior school, Kampala junior school and King Fahad Islamic, Nateete.
The results, released last week, show that government-aided schools like Gayaza Junior, St. Savio Kisubi and Mugwanya Preparatory school continued to perform well.
The 2008 PLE performance was the worst recorded over the last 10 years. A total of 89,306 candidates failed the examinations.
The number of students who passed in division one countrywide reduced from 7.6% in 2007 to 3.7% last year.
Of the 463,631 pupils who sat the exams, only 17,021 passed in division one. The decline in performance was registered in all districts and municipalities countrywide.
UNEB secretary Matthew Bukenya attributed the poor performance to tight measures against examination malpractice.
The examination body deployed more than 7,000 scouts countrywide to supervise the 2008 Primary Leaving Examinations.
The education ministry attributed the failure partly to pupil and teacher absenteeism and late reporting by both teachers and pupils.
However, many teachers attributed the poor performance to the high level of English used in setting the examinations. They said it affected particularly candidates from upcountry schools whose language was not good.
The education ministry used to release a list of the best candidates in every district. However, in 2007, the ministry stopped the practice, arguing that it encouraged unfair competition and cheating.
CLICK HERE to download full list of best PLE performing schools.
SCHOOLS from Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono districts continue to dominate the list of best performing schools in Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), according to an analysis by The New Vision.
Waterford primary school in Rubaga division, Kampala was the best performer with 23 of its 24 candidates passing in division one.
It is followed by Namagunga boarding (Mukono), St Kizito Lira, Gayaza Junior (Wakiso), Kabojja Junior (Wakiso) and Kwagalakwe boarding school (Mukono). Most of the top schools are privately-owned.
For the past three years, private schools have taken the lion’s share among the top PLE schools.
The 2008 PLE analysis is based on the percentage of first grades in 679 primary schools across the country.
The analysis was carried out by The New Vision because the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), unlike its counterparts in East Africa, does not release this analysis.
Kampala district had nine schools among the 20 best schools, followed by Wakiso with five and Mukono with three.
Statistics from UNEB show that Kampala district had 3,529 (14.3%) of its 25,299 candidates passing in the first grade.
Wakiso district registered 2,456 (8.6%) first grades from the 29,432 candidates and Mukono 1,230 (6.3%) out of 19,635 candidates.
Looking at the 2007 analysis, some schools maintained slots among the top 10 primary schools in the 2008 exams, while others have slipped.
The new faces include Waterford primary school, Kabojja junior school, Kampala junior school and King Fahad Islamic, Nateete.
The results, released last week, show that government-aided schools like Gayaza Junior, St. Savio Kisubi and Mugwanya Preparatory school continued to perform well.
The 2008 PLE performance was the worst recorded over the last 10 years. A total of 89,306 candidates failed the examinations.
The number of students who passed in division one countrywide reduced from 7.6% in 2007 to 3.7% last year.
Of the 463,631 pupils who sat the exams, only 17,021 passed in division one. The decline in performance was registered in all districts and municipalities countrywide.
UNEB secretary Matthew Bukenya attributed the poor performance to tight measures against examination malpractice.
The examination body deployed more than 7,000 scouts countrywide to supervise the 2008 Primary Leaving Examinations.
The education ministry attributed the failure partly to pupil and teacher absenteeism and late reporting by both teachers and pupils.
However, many teachers attributed the poor performance to the high level of English used in setting the examinations. They said it affected particularly candidates from upcountry schools whose language was not good.
The education ministry used to release a list of the best candidates in every district. However, in 2007, the ministry stopped the practice, arguing that it encouraged unfair competition and cheating.
CLICK HERE to download full list of best PLE performing schools.