Rukungiri’s Immaculate Heart emerges best in UCE

RUKUNGIRI- Immaculate Heart Girls School Nyakibale has again emerged among the best performers in the 2022 Uganda Certificate of Education, in results released on 9/02/2023 by the Uganda National Examinations Board- UNEB.

Immaculate Heart Girls School had registered 374 candidates, 312 passed in division one, 61 in division two and the last student passed in division three.

Aijuka Efra, Kiconco Daphine and Arinda Nduhukire became the School’s best students in the 2022 Uganda Certificate of Education with 9 aggregates in eight each.

Sr. Gladyce Kachope, head teacher/ Courtesy photo

Sr. Gladyce Kachope,the School head teacher told our reporter that as Immaculate community they are much pleased with the result stressing that they would have performed better had it not been the previous COVID-19 Lockdowns.

Kachope promised the parents with current students in the School that the team she leads is prepared to ensure that these learners perform better and excel like it has always been the School’s norm.

In 2022, 345,695 candidates (173,761 males and 171,934 females) appeared for the examination compared to 330,592 candidates who appeared for the examination in 2020.  This is an increase of 15,103 (4.6%) candidates.

It is to be remembered that in 2020, the school registered 307 candidates for Uganda Certificate of Education examination, two hundred ninety two (292) passed in division one and the remaining 15 in division two.