By Wasswa Deo
UNEB withholds results of 64 candidates that sat from 11 center over malpractice pending further investigation. Indicating a significant drop from 279 Cases with held in 2017.
The examinations body has registered an improvement in the performance of students who sat for 2016 UACE as compared to 2015.
According to the results, a very high percentage of candidates 98.7% qualified for the award of the UACE certificate, 2016 performance. 39,797 candidates passed with 3 principal passes,27,831 with 2 principal passes,21,031 with principal passes,12,836 with one subsidiary
Districts with highest students who passed with 3 principle passes are Wakiso 9299 at , Mukono 3374 , Kampala 6366 , and Mbarara 1000 . 1363 candidates failed completely and a total of 102858 sat examination .
In terms of percentages,female candidates performed better at A- level in all the large entry subjects accept general paper . Economics and sciences were generally poorly done,Biology was the worst done with only 40.8 % obtaining an E principal level pass .
District with fewer students with principal pass 3 are Buvuma 00, Nakapiripirit 00, Napaka 8 Zombo 9 Katakwi .
The best performed subjects include, History, Islamic and religious education, Literature in English ,Art, and geography while the worst done were biology, sub math,physics