By Martha Nakimuli

Following the official release of UACE results this morning, the Uganda National Examination Board has ranked the schools which have performed best in 2011.

Best schools 2011 are;

Uganda Martyrs Namugongo

St Mary’s SS Kitende

Ntare school

St. Mary’s College Kisubi

Namilyango College

Gombe SS

Naalya S.S, Bweyogerere

Mbarara High School

St. Mary’s SS Kitende Annex

Nsambya Hillside

Seeta HS, Kampala

Turkish light Academy

Bweranyangi Girls

Kings College Buddo

Kawempe Muslim SS

MaryHill HS

Nabisunsa girls school

Kisozi HS

Gayaza High School

Mount St. Mary’s Namagunga

Naalya SS, Namugongo

Seeta High School, Mukono

Immaculate Girls High School

St Joseph of Nazareth

Ndejje S.S

A total of 103, 760 candidates registered for the examination from 1,334 centres compared to 101,495 candidates from 1,240 centres in 2010; an increase of 2,265 or 2.2%.

Male candidates performed better in History, Economics and Art while female candidates performed better in Entrepreneurship Education, Islamic Religion Education, Christian Religious Education, Geography, Literature in English and Biology.

Over 100 candidates have had their results withheld for further investigations linked to malpractice.  The affected Schools are; St Theresa Girls SS Bwanda, Najjembe Homeland SS Lugazi, Mariam High School Kampala, St John’s College Mpigi ans Brethren Memorial, Matugga.