Jubilation and excitement took a lead on Friday, March 13, 2026, at Wisdom High Senior Secondary School, located in Akalo, Kole district after the results for the Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) results were announced by UNEB and released by Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni.
The school, a recognised center of excellence in Northern, Eastern, and Western Uganda celebrated as out of the 438 candidates who sat for the examinations, eight students achieved the maximum score of 20 points.
This marks an improvement from the six candidates who attained 20 points in the 2024 UACE results.
Wisdom High Senior Secondary School, a relatively young institution in Northern Uganda, has cemented its reputation as a center of excellence by being one of the top performers in the 2025 and past UACE examinations.
In addition to the eight candidates with perfect scores, the school’s consistent growth is noteworthy. In 2023, one candidate with 20 points was ranked number one in the entire Northern region.
The school continued its upward trajectory in 2024, producing six candidates with 20 points and emerging as the best school in the region.
Addressing journalists shortly after the release of the results at the school on Friday, the Executive Director, Ambrose Ogwal, expressed his profound gratitude to the candidates, parents, teachers, and the community for their collective effort in achieving these remarkable results.
Ogwal pledged to maintain this positive performance, stating that the school’s success has effectively brought a “Kampala-standard school” closer to the parents.
Providing a detailed breakdown of the school’s performance, Director Ogwal revealed that out of the 438 registered candidates at Wisdom High School:
· 8 candidates achieved 20 points.
· 16 candidates achieved 19 points.
· 21 candidates scored 18 points.
· 29 candidates achieved 17 points.
· 51 candidates scored 16 points.
· 55 candidates scored 15 points.
· 61 candidates scored 14 points.
· 50 candidates achieved 13 points.
· 45 candidates scored 12 points.
· 32 candidates scored 11 points.
· 25 candidates achieved 10 points.
· 6 candidates attained 6 points.
Ogwal also highlighted the key factors behind the school’s success, including the integration of ICT in learning, a well-stocked library, and a fully equipped, spacious science laboratory, which he described as the biggest in Northern Uganda.
“At Wisdom School, we have an organised administrative structure and competent staff who are well-versed with the new curriculum. These are the cornerstones of our achievements,” he added.
Among the top-performing students at Wisdom High School for the 2025 UACE exams are Opio Innocent, Ocen Amos, Ajalo Innocent, Ojok Joshua, Kinyera Ronald, Okello Joseph, Emey Gabriel, Atim Mercy, Adoko Emmanuel, Akello Robina Tracy, Finny Ruth, and Angwech Daphine.
On a national level, the results released on Friday, March 13, 2026, show that a total of 166,400 candidates registered for the examination, compared to 141,996 candidates in 2024.
This represents an increase of 24,404 candidates, or 17.2%. Of these, 72,764 or 43.7% were female candidates and 93,636 or 56.3% were male candidates.
Speaking during the national release, the Chairperson of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), Prof. Dr Celestino Obua, noted that female candidates continued to outperform their male counterparts in several subject areas, particularly in the Humanities.
“Female candidates have continued to perform better than their male counterparts, maintaining stronger performance grades at several subject levels in the Humanities, and demonstrating lower failure proportions overall. This affirms the positive impact of continued investment in girl-child education,” Prof. Obua said.
UNEB reported an overall improvement in performance in 2025, particularly in the number of candidates attaining Principal-level passes.
A high percentage of 98.9% of candidates qualified for the UACE certificate, which requires at least a Subsidiary pass in a Principal-level subject under current regulations.
Significant improvements were recorded in Mathematics, Chemistry, Agriculture, Geography, Economics, Biology, and Literature in English. However, notable declines were observed in Entrepreneurship, Christian Religious Education, Fine Art, and Physics.
While grades in Science subjects improved remarkably, UNEB noted that challenges persist in the humanities, mainly due to poor interpretation of questions caused by misunderstanding key concepts.
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