NELSON K
Rukungiri District Education authorities have released the provisional results of the 2025 Term Two Mock Examinations for both Primary Seven and Primary Five, revealing strong performances in some subcounties, while Social Studies continues to lag as the poorest-performing subject.
For Primary Seven, Bugangari Subcounty topped the district’s government schools with an impressive 86.9% pass rate, followed by Ruhinda with 84.7% and Nyarushanje with 83.3%. Buyanja came fourth with 82.2%, while Nyakishenyi Subcounty recorded the lowest performance at 76.1%. Other subcounties’ results included Bwambara (81.3%), Buhunga (80.2%), Kebisoni (79.9%), and Nyakagyeme (77.7%).
In Primary Five, Buyanja Subcounty led with a 91.5% pass rate, followed closely by Bugangari at 90.3%. Ruhinda and Buhunga both recorded 88.4%, Bwambara 88.1%, Nyarushanje 86.6%, Kebisoni 86.1%, Nyakagyeme 83.2%, and Nyakishenyi 82.5%.
Private schools also showed strong performances, with Brain Trust Primary School in Kasoroza, Nyakagyeme, and Bwanga Progressive Primary School in Nyarushanje leading the Primary Seven private school rankings. Among government schools, Kanyamacumu Primary School in Bwambara performed best. For Primary Five, Bucence Primary School in Nyakagyeme topped government schools, while Mother Care Primary School, also in Nyakagyeme, led private schools.
Despite these successes, Social Studies (SST) remains the district’s weakest subject, with a 49.4% failure rate—continuing a four-year trend of poor performance. English followed with 30% failure, Mathematics at 10%, and Science performed best with only 9.7% failure. Compared to 2024, Social Studies performance has dropped from 95.4% to 87.7%, a decline of 7.5%.
Overall, of the candidates who sat for the exams, 808 achieved Division One (8.7%), 2,608 were in Division Two (28.1%), 1,253 in Division Three, 1,241 in Division Four (19.2%), and 827 scored Division U (failure), representing 12.7% of the candidates.
District Education officials emphasized the need for targeted interventions in social studies to improve performance in the coming years while commending the top-performing subcounties and schools for their achievements.
