By Bazio Doreen.

At least 111 applicants passed Division One out of the 5,896 students who took the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in Adjumani District, including both citizens and refugees. Of these, 33 were girls and 78 were boys, making up 1.9% of all candidates.

The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) issued the PLE 2025 divisional distribution chart, which shows that 1,502 candidates including 931 boys and 571 girls passed in Division Two, making up 25.8% of the total. In Division Three, 1,907 candidate including 1,094 boys and 813 girls passed, accounting for 32.7% of the total.

Meanwhile, 1,008 candidates (17.3%) received Division Four (568 males and 440 females), and 1,297 candidates (22.3%) received Division U (594 males and 703 females). An additional 71 applicants including 35 boys and 36 girls, or 1.2% of the total obtained Division X.

In order to address the declining performance of students in the region on national exams, West Nile leaders are now advocating for increased affirmative action.

West Nile, which consists of 13 districts, one city, and two municipalities, had just 886 candidates pass in Division 1 from 46,926 candidates, with the remainder going into other divisions like 2, 3, 4, and X.

The West Nile results show Arua City leading with 363 first-grade candidates, followed by Adjumani District with 111, Koboko with 98, Yumbe with 63, Maracha with 47, Pakwach with 38, Moyo with 35, Terego with 31, Nebbi Municipality with 26, Zombo with 25, Nebbi District with 24, Arua District with 13, and Koboko District with 10 first grades.

The teachers’ strike from the previous year, unfavorable learning conditions, and other issues have been blamed by stakeholders for the subpar results.

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