EES’ 2011 Official PLE Results Released
The Ministry of Education, Science & Technology in Eastern Equatoria
State (EES) has officially released the 2011 South Sudan’s Primary
Leaving Examinations (PLE) results.1890 pupils sat for the exams and
Lomumba Lokeny James from Helecit primary school emerged the top pupil
in the State.18 February 2012
Torit East primary school pupils singing the South Sudan national
anthem before the results were announced [©Gurtong]By Peter Lokale
Nakimangole
TORIT, 18th February 2012 [Gurtong] – The Ministry of Education,
Science & Technology in Eastern Equatoria State (EES) has officially
released the 2011 South Sudan’s Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE)
results.1890 pupils sat for the exams and Lomumba Lokeny James from
Helecit primary school emerged the top pupil in the State.
Thousands of people and pupils including other Education partners
attended the ceremonial occasion of the official announcement held
last Thursday 16/2/2012 at Torit East Primary school.
The State Education Ministry’s acting Director for quality innovation
& promotion, Mr. Joseph Ruo Abuni announced the results. Ruo disclosed
that 1,998 pupils were registered for the 2011 PLE but 1890 pupils
successfully managed to sit for the examinations; 789 boys and 260
girls respectively.
Out of 1890 pupils who sat for the exams, 1515 passed while 375
failed. Those who distinctively passed and categorized in division two
were 643 (33.4%) while those who attained average pass mark
-categorized in division three were 632 (33%) and the rest who
performed poorly -categorized in division four were 263 (14%),” the
acting Director for quality promotion elaborated.
The best 5 candidates
Although all the first 5 pupils attained division one, they had slight
differences in scores with Lomumba Lokeny James, a male pupil from
Helecit primary school in Budi County emerging the top pupil and Isaac
Paul Arkangelo also a male pupil from St. Teresa in Torit County
taking the second position. Komakech Richard Oruni, a male pupil from
Helecit primary school in Budi County followed closely in position 3,
Samuel Locio Arita a male pupil from Helecit primary school was ranked
number 4; while Josephine Peter Tabule from St. Bakhita Girls primary
school of Kapoeta East County took position 5 and becomes the top girl
in the State.
The top 5 girls
S/No Name School County Aggregate
1 Josephine Peter Tabule St. Bakhita Girls Kapoeta East 4
2 Josephine Akii Mauro St. Kizito Ikwoto 4
3 Bakhita Jacob Jinaro Torit One Arabic Torit 5
4 Susan Ikanga John St. Bakhita Girls Kapoeta East 5
5 Regina Achai St. Bakhita Girls Kapoeta East 5
Top Five Schools
Mr. Abuni clarified that his ministry had ranked the best five schools
using divisions as the basis for determination and the following were
the best ranked primary schools;
S/No School County Number of pupils in Division one Percentage
1 Stars of Hope Magwi 13 46
2 Kerepi Magwi 10 42
3 Chukudum ALP Budi 2 29
4 Pageri Magwi 9 26
5 Anzara Magwi 3 25
Performance according to Counties (in percentage)
S/No County Number of candidates sat Number of pupils passed Percentage {%}
1 Magwi 873 745 85
2 Kapoeta East 94 78 83
3 Ikwoto 179 143 79.9
4 Budi 93 74 79.6
5 Torit 556 421 76
6 Kapoeta South 45 33 73
7 Lopa/Lafon 83 44 53
EES presently has 8 Counties but Kapoeta North isn’t listed simply
because no Primary 8 candidates have ever been registered until now.
Therefore, no pupils sat for the 2011 South Sudanese Primary Leaving
Examinations in the County.
Comparison of 2010 and 2011 Primary Leaving Examinations Results
The acting Director for General Education in the EES Ministry of
Education, Science & Technology, Mr. Celestino Dumo disclosed that the
2011 enrolment for PLE was high but slightly increased this year as
the ongoing registration confirms.
The following below table shows the enrolment difference;
Year Registered candidates Number of candidates sat for SSPLE
Percentage passed Percentage failed
2010 1094 1049 92 8
2011 1998 1890 80 20
Range 904 841 -12 -12
The acting Caretaker Minister of Education, Mr. Jerome Surur Gama who
was the guest of honour congratulated the State Governor saying the
achievement was attributed to his hard work and good policies
considering the education sector as one of the top government
priorities.
He encouraged girl child education and asked various schools to open
doors for girls to enrol.
The caretaker minister also congratulated the examiners, examinations
makers for well done job and encouraged them to continue with the same
spirit.
Mr. Joseph Ruo Abuni disclosed that 79 primary schools in the State
sat for exams with 27 and 30 trained primary school examiners and
examinations markers respectively.
Subject performance analysis
S/No Performance
rank Subject Number of candidates sat Number of candidates passed
Percentage passed
1 Science 1890 1500 76
2 Social studies 1890 1439 73
3 English 1890 1125 60
4 Arabic 532 239 44
5 Mathematics 1890 814 41
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