This is the second set of exams to be released by the authorities this year.
The examination body announced that students will be able to access the results by SMS on their phones or via the Internet.
How do you check 2023 UCE results on phone?
You can get the 2023 UCE Results for any candidate in a few simple steps.
In your message box, type UCE <space> INDEX NUMBER and send it to 6600.
For example, to check the results of the candidate with index number 654321/001, in your message box, type UCE 654321/001 AND SEND TO 6600.
You will receive an SMS for Shs500 per candidate.
For School administrations, UNEB officials explained that results will be uploaded on the examination center portals to enable schools to download the results as they are officially released.
Unveiling 2023 UCE results, the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Executive Director Dan Odongo said that candidature increased by 15,008 (4.3%) from 349,459, in 2022 to 364,469 in 2023.
The candidates sat from 3,808 examination centers.
Of these candidates, 118,633 (32.5%) were Universal Secondary Education (USE) beneficiaries. The number of male candidates registered was 180,471 (49.5%) and that of females was 183,998 (50.5%).
According to the executive director, performance in the 2023 examination is significantly better than that of 2022.
The failure rate has also dropped by 0.5 percent. This means that 329,939 (95.9%) of the learners who presented themselves for the 2023 examination can progress to the post-UCE level.