St. Mary’s Kitende Secondary School has emerged as the top performer in the 2016, Uganda Certificate of Education results released on Tuesday January 31, 2017.
The school registered 430 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) students in Division One, with over 15 students scoring eight aggregates in eight subjects.
The remaining two students passed with Division Two grades.
St. Mary’s Kitende proprietor, Lawrence Mulindwa was in a jovial mood when EagleOnline asked him what makes him and his school standout of the rest when it comes to producing the top brains in the country.
“I am extremely happy that we have upheld our position and to my students;thank you for flying the Kitende flag high. We will always be known by our works and indeed here we are” Mr. Mulindwa told EagleOnline.
Kitende has now been at the helm of academic excellence in both ordinary and advanced levels for close to a decade and half.
The other school that closely followed is the little known The Academy of St. Lawrence located in the Budo suburb of Wakiso. The school surprised the ‘big and traditional giant’ schools when it emerged second to St. Mary’s Kitende to claim for the number two slot as per Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) rankings.
Seeta High, Green Campus located on Kayunga road in Mukono Municipality came in a third place. Seeta High Green Campus is a sister school to the two Seetas, one in Seeta and another in Mbalala, all owned by High Education Minister John Chrysostom Muyingo.
Ntare and St. Mt. Mary’s Namagunga are among the few traditional schools did perform well in the 2016 UCE exams.
The Uganda National Examinations Board has released the 2016 Uganda Certificate of Education results, indicating a slight drop in performance compared to 2015.
In the results released by Education Minister, Janet Kataha Museveni, 23,489 students passed in Division I, 44,307 passed in Division II, 63,072 passed in Division III, 142,479 passed in Division IV while 41,632 were ungraded.
