PLE RESULTS: Oasis Schools Shine Again!

ARUA. Oasis primary schools in Arua city and Koboko have made it again!

This time, the best pupil got aggregate 5 in the just released 2024 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results compared to aggregate 6 scored by the best pupil in 2023.

Speaking to journalists at Oasis primary school Muni Campus shortly after receiving the results on Thursday, January 23, 2025, John Bosco Dradebo, the Administrator of Oasis schools, said as they celebrate the 2024 PLE results today, by the grace of God and through the efforts of their teachers, pupils and supportive parents, they are delighted to announce the good performance across all their three examination centers.

“We have Oasis main campus Abirichi that had 50 candidates; 47 passed in First Grade, 2 passed in Second Grade and 1 in X. Then, we have Oasis Obolokofuku commonly known as Oasis Annex with 49 children of which 30 passed in First Grade and 19 in Second Grade. Lastly, we have Golden Brain Campus Koboko which has given for us 27 First Grades out of 40 children,” Dradebo said.

“We are grateful to God for the wisdom, strength and guidance he has bestowed upon us in this journey. Our sincere appreciation goes to the school Chaplains for their spiritual and physical support throughout this year. We also extend our heartfelt appreciation to teachers for their unwavering commitment and hard work and to our parents for their invaluable support and cooperation; to our pupils – congratulations!” Dradebo added.

Patrick Adrole, the headteacher of Oasis main campus Abirichi, extended his sincere appreciation to God the Almighty for giving them good health and wisdom in executing their duties thus enabling them to achieve the excellent performance.

George Obeti, the Director of studies Oasis primary school main campus Abirichi, equally attributed the excellent performance to their pupils who have been prayerful, disciplined, very hardworking, committed and obedient in class.

“Above all, I also attribute this performance to our parents who kept the need of our children to be in school and kept them constant in class. It enabled them to attend all lessons and that made them attain the content very well. The excellent performance of our pupils in Mathematics especially, also made them excel extremely high in this PLE,” Obeti Said.

Nafia Hafifa, one of the best pupils who scored aggregate 6, said she expected to get aggregate 4.

Hafifa, whose ambition is to become a medical doctor; said the advice she got from her teachers and parents coupled with constant revision made her shine.

Gak Aweer Duot, another pupil who scored aggregate 6 also wants to become a doctor in future.

“I’m really happy that I got aggregate 6 but it was not my expectation. I thought I could get aggregate 5. My parents used to tell me to work hard including my teachers and they are the reason I have done very well,” Duot said.

Shakira Anguya, a single mother to Hafifa, said she is going to talk to her relatives to come to her aid so that together, they can ensure that Hafifa gets the school fees she needs to achieve her dream of becoming a medical doctor.

The excellent result caused a lot of excitement among parents, pupils, teachers and the support staff of Oasis primary school as they joined each other in dancing to different tunes at Muni campus on Thursday.

Nationally, there was a drop in the number of candidates obtaining Division 1 in the 2024 PLE.

But Dan Odongo, the Executive Director of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), noted that the overall performance of candidates in 2024 was better than in 2023.

He said a higher proportion of candidates passed (91.8%) compared to 2023 (88.0%

A total of 797,444 candidates from 14,883 centers registered for PLE in 2024, up from 749,347 in 2023. Of these, 524,025 (65.7%) were from Universal Primary Education (UPE) schools, while 273,419 (34.3%) came from non-UPE schools.