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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Kirehe District emerged as the best-performing district in the 2024\/2025 national examinations, registering the highest pass rates both in Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) and Ordinary Level (O-Level), the Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday, August 19.<\/p>\n

In PLE, the district registered a pass rate of more than 97. per cent, while in O-Level the rate surpassed 91 per cent.<\/p>\n

The results of the national exams were announced by the Ministry of Education and the National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA) on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

In the PLE category, other top-performing districts included Kicukiro with 92.28 per cent, Ngoma with 90.93 per cent, Nyagatare with 87.18 per cent, and Rusizi with 85.93 per cent.<\/p>\n

The five lowest-ranked districts were Nyaruguru with 64.57 per cent, Ruhango with 66.68 per cent, Nyabihu with 68.99 per cent, Kamonyi with 69.46 per cent, and Nyamagabe with 69.63 per cent.<\/p>\n

In O\u2019Level, Kirehe was followed by Ngoma with 78.8 per cent, Kayonza with 78.4 per cent, Rusizi with 70.5 per cent, and Rulindo with 69.5 per cent.<\/p>\n

The five lowest-ranked districts in O-Level were Musanze with 44.6 per cent, Kamonyi with 45.0 per cent, Gakenke with 46.0 per cent, Nyarugenge with 46.1 per cent, and Gasabo with 47.1 per cent.<\/p>\n

Nationwide, a total of 219,926 candidates sat for PLE, of whom 219,900 were graded. Out of these, 166,334 passed, representing a national pass rate of 75.64 per cent, according to NESA Director General Bernard Bahati.<\/p>\n

Among the successful candidates, 53.2 per cent were girls.<\/p>\n

In O-Level, 148,702 candidates sat for the exams. Of these, 148,676 were graded, with 95,674 passing. This translates into a pass rate of 64.35 per cent, with female candidates accounting for 50.2 per cent and male candidates 49.8 per cent of those who passed.<\/p>\n

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