Wisdom High School in the Kole district has recorded exceptional performance in the 2025 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations.
The management described the results as “outstanding” and a reflection of the school’s commitment to quality education.
In a statement released by the Managing Director, Ambrose Ogwal, the school congratulated staff, parents, and candidates for what they termed “an exceedingly successful academic year.”
According to the results, several candidates emerged as top performers, demonstrating academic excellence across multiple subjects, posting a remarkable 100% pass rate in Grade One.
Addressing journalists at the school on Friday, February 13, 2026, Ogwal noted that the overall performance for the entire S.4 class was impressive, with candidates posting strong grades.
He highlighted that the best performances were in science subjects such as Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Mathematics, which were amongst the best-performed subjects in the school.
Management further attributed the success to a dedicated team of professional teachers, a supportive learning environment, and a consistent focus on both academic and moral development. “We are committed to giving value for money through reliable and consistent academic results,” the administration stated.
“Our goal is to provide affordable but quality education that shapes the destiny of learners both academically and morally,” Ogwal added. “We pledge to always do our best to make Lango and Uganda proud in the implementation of the new curriculum.”
Elaborating on the reasons for the strong performance, Ogwal pointed to the school’s infrastructure. “Wisdom High School has the best science facility in the region, with the best equipment and apparatus, which are adequate,” he said.
“Recently, we have also installed over 120 new computers to improve our ICT capabilities.”
Comparing the results to the previous year, Ogwal noted that the 2025 results are much better than those of 2024. “Although there has been a decline in the number of A grades, overall in terms of B grades, it has improved. But generally, the result is better than average,” he stated.
Wisdom registered 247 candidates for the 2025 UCE. Out of that number, 97 candidates achieved Grade One, 109 candidates obtained Grade Two, 41 candidates secured Grade Three, and only 18 candidates were in Grade Four.
The revised figures above are an estimate based on the percentages mentioned, but these should be confirmed and corrected with the actual school data.
Ogwal, who represents secondary school teachers on the UNATU Executive Council, emphasised the school’s consistent excellence. “Both under the old curriculum and the new curriculum, Wisdom has been excelling in the Northern region and countrywide,” he said.
For comparison, in the 2024 results under the new curriculum, Wisdom High School had 127 candidates in Grade One, 713 in Grade Two, 399 in Grade Three, and 80 in Grade Four.
According to the executive director of UNEB, Dan Odongo, the low incidence of malpractice is attributed to the nature of the examination questions which are structured in a way that makes cheating difficult. He stated that the few reported cases were mainly in mathematics and science practical papers,
He added that in some instances there was overwhelming evidence that candidates had been given experimental results by teachers to copy into their answer sheets in the competency-based assessment setting.
Candidates are expected to design and conduct an investigation using the apparatus provided based on scenarios outlined in the examination paper.
In 2025, results show that boys outperformed girls in sciences and humanities such as geography, chemistry, mathematics, biology, political education, history and particularly at the exceptional and outstanding levels.
According to the results, 3.8% of boys attained Grade A,in geography compared to 3.1% of girls, in mathematics 1.9% of boys scored A while 11.% of female candidates achieved the same grade, in physics 1.0% of male candidates earned grade A compared to 0.6% of female candidates while in chemistry 0.9%are boys and 0.8%are girls.
While announcing the release of the results the First Lady, also Education and Sports Minister Janet Museveni highlighted notable trends in subjects’ performance.
She said 2025 UCE results revealed a strong performance by candidates across the country with boys registering higher achievement levels in most science subjects.
A total of 432,163 candidates from 3,975 examination centres registered for the 2025 UCE, compared to 359,417 candidates in 2024 — an increase of 72,746 candidates. At least 428,628 candidates (99.6%) who sat qualified for the UCE certificate.
The percentage of candidates who did not qualify dropped significantly from 1.9% in 2024 to 0.31% in 2025.
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