UPDATE: 2025 PLE Results Out! Uganda National Examinations Board Releases 2025 PLE Results

 January 30, 2026   |    222 views

KAMPALA — First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports Janet  Museveni released the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations results Friday during a ceremony at State House Nakasero.

The release follows a Wednesday briefing where the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) presented the official performance report to the ministry. This year’s release comes one week later than the 2024 results, which were made public on Jan. 23.

Data from UNEB shows a total of 818,010 candidates registered for the 2025 exams, a 2.5 percent increase from the 797,444 learners who registered in 2024. The candidates were hosted at 16,140 examination centers.

The 2025 candidate pool included 428,398 girls and 389,589 boys. A total of 522,039 candidates, or 64 percent, were funded through the Universal Primary Education (UPE) program, while 295,846 learners were privately sponsored.

The results also featured 61 inmates from Upper Prison School Luzira, including seven women and 54 men.

According to the official education calendar, Senior One students are scheduled to report for their first term on Feb. 16.

 Ranking Districts in Teso according to First Grades scored in the 2025 PLE results

1. Soroti City……………………386 

2. Kumi Municipality………..254

3. Bukedea District………….240

4. Kumi District……………….174

5. Katakwi District…………..128

6. Serere District……………..126

7. Ngora District………………109

8. Soroti District………………083

9. Amuria District…………….039

10. Kapelebyong District…….028

11. Kaberamaido District……017

12. Kalaki District………………014