A total of 722,730 candidates have passed the just released 2024 Primary Leaving Examinations.
The results released on Thursday indicated that this number is higher than the 648,662 who passed the same exams the previous year.
According to UNEB, during the 2024 PLE exams, 84,301 Candidates representing 10.7% passed in division one, 397,589 in division two, 165,284 in division three, and 75,556 in division four.
A total of 64,251 totally failed the exams and are not eligible for admission to the Senior One class.
A higher proportion of the 2024 candidates passed in Division 2 and above level, as overall, the performance of candidates is better than that of 2023.
A higher proportion of the candidates passed (91.8%) compared to 2023 (88.0%). There is a drop in the number of candidates obtaining Division 1.
The results also show that males performed better than the females and recorded a lower failure rate.
However, in terms of numbers, there are more girls in Division 2 and at the lower Divisions because of the fact that more candidates registered and sat the examination than the boys.