Kigali - 27^th September 2022: The Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) has released results for Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) and Ordinary Level (O’Level) for candidates who did national examinations for the academic year 2021-2022.

The event took place that Ministry of Education headquarters and officiated by Minister of Education, Minister of State in charge of Primary and Secondary Education and Minister of State in charge of ICT and TVET and other Director Generals of Affiliated Agencies and was livestreamed via MINEDUC YouTube Channel.  

The total number of candidates who sat for 2021-2022 Academic Year National Exams were 227,402 and 206,286 of them passed, which represents 90.69 per cent of the general passing rate.

Results for O’ Level indicates that among the 126,735 candidates who sat for national exams, 108,566 passed which represents 85.66 percent.

Best performers

The best 5 performers at Primary Level:

• ISEZERANO Forever Hyacinthe (Saint Andre – Muhanga District))
• IHIRWE Edvine (Mount Carmel School – Gasabo District))
• SINGIZWA TETA Ornella (EP Espoir de l'avenir – Bugesera District))
• ISHYA RUGEMA Achille (Acadmie de la Salle – Gicumbi District))
• ISHIMWE David (EP High Land – Bugesera District District)).

The best 5 performers at Primary Level posing for a photo with MINEDUC High Officials (Photo:MINEDUC)

The best 5 performers at Ordinary Level (O’Level):

• NTWALI MANZI Albert (Acadmie de la Salle- Gicumbi District))
• INKINDI AGAHOZO Peter Paola (ENDP Karubanda- Huye District))
• KARIRE Nora (Maranyundo Girls School – Bugesera District))
• GIRWA Lucky Time (ES Ruhango – Ruhango District)
• ARENGERWA Merci Alliance (Ecole Des Sciences Byimana - Ruhango Distric

The best 5 performers at Ordinary Level posing for a photo with MINEDUC High Officials (Photo:MINEDUC)

Change in grading System

The new grading system from PLE, O level and advanced level, the well-known Grade value “one” is no longer the highest. The highest is now grade value “six”.  A student can score in each subject, and the lowest being grade value “0” which wasn’t there before. Initially, lowest grades were characterized by the letter “F” which stands for “failure.”

For example, in Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) the highest total aggregate is 30 because the high value in each of 5 subjects is 6. For Ordinary level (O’Level), the highest total aggregate is 54, because the high value in each 9 compulsory subjects is 6. For Advanced level or S6, the highest total aggregates is is 60, in General Education, Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Teacher’s Training Colleges (TTC).

For the Ordinary, or O level all nine subjects are compulsory and will be counted and the best candidate will score a total aggregate of 54, equivalent to 6 marks in nine subjects.

Checking results

For students to check their performance, they can visit National Examinations and School Inspection Authority (NESA) website and check exam results via this link: https://sdms.gov.rw/sas-ui/public/nationalExaminationResult.zul . They can also use mobile phone SMS, one can go to SMS and write index number, then send to 8888.

The starting date for students going to Senior one and Senior four is 4^th October 2022.