{"id":68381,"date":"2024-03-08T18:42:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=68381"},"modified":"2024-03-08T18:17:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:17:29","slug":"1000-candidates-missed-2023-uace-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/1000-candidates-missed-2023-uace-exams","title":{"rendered":"1,000 candidates missed 2023 UACE exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>At least 1,065 candidates registered to sit the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations missed, the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) said.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The statistics represents a 0.9 per cent reduction in students that were absent as compared to 2022 where 1,333 candidates skipped UACE, according to 2023 UACE results released Thursday at State House, Nakasero in Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It can be observed that there had been a trend of decline in registration, which, however, has been reversed in 2023,\u201d Uneb executive secretary Daniel Odong noted.<\/p>\n<p>The overall rate of absenteeism of candidates at UACE in 2023 has reduced by 0.5 percent over the last year,&#8221; Odongo added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, analysis of the overall candidates&#8217; performance in the examination shows that a very high percentage of candidates (99.1 per cent) qualified for the award of the UACE, just as was in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;University admissions to degree courses have, up to date, been considering 2 Principal level passes as the minimum requirement. If this consideration is. Maintained, 80,643 (73.7 percent) qualify to be admitted, compared to 67,815 (70.3 percent) in 2022,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uneb emphasized that \u201cthis is consistent with the fact that there was better overall performance and a significant increase in entries for the examination in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In cases where one Principal and two Subsidiary passes levels are considered for admission to other tertiary institutions, 90.7% of the candidates will qualify. This is better when compared to 2022 with 89.3%,&#8221; Mr Odongo said.<\/p>\n<p>The first two sets of the end of cycle examinations that is Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) and Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results have already been released.<\/p>\n<p>A Total of 110,569 candidates registered for the 2023 exams of which 43 percent (47,227) are female and 57 percent (63,342) are males.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. At least 1,065 candidates registered to sit the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations missed, the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) said. 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