The Uganda National Examinations Board has on Friday released the 2019 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) results.

According to Uneb, a total of 337,697 candidates registered for the 2019 UCE exams.

The ceremony held at the Office of Prime Minister, is presided over by the Minister for Education and Sports, Ms Janet Kataha Museveni.

UNEB Executive Secretary Dan Odong says that out of the 337,720 students who sat the UCE2019 exams, 144,256 were USE beneficiaries. They make up 42.7% of the number of students who sat the exams.

Females, according to Odongo have performed better than Males in the English language. This has always happened over the years. However, the boys manage to make their way around in other subjects and beat the girls.