ARUA DIOCESE 2026 PRIMARY SEVEN MOCK RESULTS RELEASED

Rev Fr Emmanuel Asega, handing over the result of Ediofe Boys Primary School in Arua City to head teacher’s representative Ben Adrole.(All photos by Onzoma Albert).

By Onzoma Albert

Arua City

The Arua Diocese Education Department, in partnership with the Association of Catholic Education Institutions (ACEI), released the 2026 Primary Seven diocesan mock examination results, revealing a pass rate of 50.4% and a failure rate of 49.6%. These mock exams aimed to evaluate students’ readiness for the upcoming national Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) and to help schools identify areas needing improvement before the final assessments. The results were announced at St Kizito Orphans Primary School, involving 4,701 candidates from 104 Catholic-aided primary schools across the diocese, out of a total of 275 schools.

The results showed that only 73 candidates, representing 1.6%, achieved Division One, the highest classification. A significant portion, 24.2% (1,138 students), secured Division Two, while 24.7% (1,160 students) fell into Division Three. Division Four was attained by 30.1% (1,415 students), and 18.9% (889 students) received Division U, which indicates below-average performance. A small fraction, 0.6% (26 candidates), scored in Division X, signifying the lowest performance.

Rev Fr Emmanuel Asega, the diocesan education secretary, emphasized the importance of stakeholder support to help students improve their performance in the national exams.

“I want to appreciate the support of head teachers, teachers, parents and ACEI education committees who supported this program which showed their level of competence, attitude towards education, church and your leaders, may we continue with this spirit and those who are still behind and sleeping I want to encourage them to take up the mantle and we walk together” he said.

Arua diocese catholic school teachers and representatives of the candidates from selected schools in the diocese.

Kennedy Atibuni, Vice Chairperson of ACEI Arua, urged Catholic institutions to adopt the initiatives designed to enhance learner performance.

“One thing we need is to participate actively in all the designed ACEI activities regardless of the challenges we may encounter let us be very resilient in overcoming this challenges so that we should be able to participate in all the ACEI activities through which we can pull our hands together” he said.

The district of Yumbe was identified as the top performer based on learners achieving divisions one to three, followed by districts such as Adjumani, Moyo, Koboko, Arua City, Maracha, Arua District, Terego, and Madi Okollo.

Doreen Edomasia, the General Secretary of ACEI, called on school head teachers to review their curricula and strategies to address weaknesses identified in the mock results, aiming to improve outcomes in the upcoming national exams. She highlighted the need for focused efforts on areas of underperformance to ensure better results.

“Some schools need to embrace re-middle and intervention programs at school level because we found out from some specific subject reports that coverage in some schools were very low yet items writers make sure that they set across, what can the schools do to improve their syllabus, time management and study strategies” she said.

Arua diocese education department officials, head teachers and candidates during the release of diocesan primary seven 2026 mock results.

Regarding individual achievements, St Joseph’s Primary School in Maracha emerged as the best-performing school. Other top schools included Redeemer Children’s Primary School (Adjumani), St Daniel Comboni Primary School (Yumbe), Christ the King Primary School (Arua City), St Kizito Orphans Primary School, and Sacred Heart Primary School (Arua City). Conversely, several schools recorded poor performances, such as Alio Primary School (Terego district), Buramali Primary School and Ako Primary School (Maracha), Awalio Primary School (Arua District), and Odravu Cope Primary School (Arua City).

Top individual performers were Kennedy Angufibo from St Joseph’s Primary School in Maracha, who achieved an aggregate score of 6, and Savior Anyanzo from Redeemer Children’s Primary School in Adjumani, along with Benjamin Ezangu from St Joseph’s (also with an aggregate of 8), and Consulate Trinity Yoti from Sacred Heart Nursery and Primary School (with an aggregate of 9). Among subjects, Mathematics was the best performed, followed by English and Science. However, Social Studies and other subjects scored poorly, indicating areas requiring targeted improvement.

The mock examinations serve as a crucial step toward enhancing student performance, with emphasis on collaborative efforts among schools, teachers, students, and stakeholders to address weaknesses and prepare effectively for the national exams.

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