Uganda, Feb. 23 -- Boys performed better than girls in the 2023 national Islamic examinations that were released yesterday.

According to the Uganda National Examination Committee for Idaad (Senior Four) and Thanawi (Senior Six) (UNECIT), more boys were in Division One compared to girls.

"In the 13th edition of the 2023 results released, in Idaad, 189 boys were in first grade while girls were 110; in Thanawi, boys were 47 while girls were 13,," Dr Hassan Kiyingi, the executive secretary of UNECIT, said during the release of the exams at Islamic University In Uganda (IUIU) Kampala Campus yesterday.

He said more schools joined UNECIT, from 23 of 2022 to 32 in 2023, leading to a rise in the number of candidates who sat the exams from 461 i...