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Bushenyi – Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality has released its 2025 mock Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results, showing an overall improvement in performance but raising concerns over a widening gender gap between boys and girls. While releasing the results at Bushenyi Town School on August 15, 2025, Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality Mayor Richard Byaruhanga praised teachers and learners for the progress but urged stakeholders not to neglect the boy child.
“While it is good that girls are performing well, we should not ignore the boys. We need to find out whether boys are dropping out of school to do domestic work or if there are other causes,” Byaruhanga said.
He added that government programmes had greatly promoted girl-child education, but it was now time to extend similar efforts to boys. “If we do not give the boy child the same support, we may end up with an imbalance in the future,” he cautioned. A total of 1,749 candidates sat for the mocks—796 boys and 953 girls. Byaruhanga expressed optimism that, based on the strong results, Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality would maintain its top position in the forthcoming national PLE exams.
Municipal Education Officer Dan Mugyenyi urged head teachers to remain focused.
“Let us use the remaining time wisely. Pupils who were ungraded must be supported, while those already scoring good grades should be encouraged to aim higher. We cannot afford complacency,” Mugyenyi said.
Municipal Inspector of Schools Fred Mugisha reported that performance had improved compared to previous years. Out of the 1,749 candidates, 688 passed in Grade One, 800 in Grade Two, 179 in Grade Three, while 36 were ungraded (U) and 13 received an X grade.
Despite the improvement, examiners noted recurring weaknesses. Isaac Katondore, Chairperson of the Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality Head Teachers’ Academic Association, said many pupils continued to struggle with spelling and mathematics. “We observed persistent spelling errors across subjects, and mathematics remains a major challenge. These are areas schools must urgently address before the final PLE,” Katondore said.
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