UL entrance results out!
Females constitute nearly 50% of successful candidates
The University of Liberia has released the results for its second Entrance and Placement Examinations administered in November 2022, with a record 2,358 female candidates making successful passes for the Undergraduate category.
This number constitutes 49.53 percent of the 4,761 candidates who passed the exam.
The 2022 results show that 2,403 male candidates passed the exam (constituting 50.07%), compared to 2,358 females who passed.
Unlike previous years, the latest statistics point to an upward movement in bridging the gender gap between male and female candidates who sat and passed the UL Entrance.
Releasing the results Wednesday, February 1, 2023, on the Capitol Hill campus, UL Center for Testing and Evaluation (CTE) Executive Director Mr. Moses Hinneh said a total of 9,785 candidates registered for the entrance for the Undergraduate and the College of General Studies levels.
Of this number, Mr. Hinneh said 9,602 or 98% candidates wrote the exams, one candidate (1 or 0.01%) was disqualified for cheating, while 183 or 2% candidates were absent.
Mr. Hinneh detailed that of the 9,602 candidates whose grades were analyzed, 3,241, or 33.76% candidates passed regularly, 1,520, or 15.83% candidates passed provisionally, while 4,840 or 50.41% of candidates were unsuccessful.
This also means that 4,761 or 49.59% of Undergraduate candidates made either a Regular Pass or a Provisional Pass and are therefore eligible to apply for admission, Mr. Hinneh stated.
For the Graduate School, he said a total of 276 candidates wrote the Aptitude Test.
Of this number, Mr. Hinneh reported that 104, or 37.68% of the candidates were successful, while 172 or 62.32% candidates were unsuccessful.
34 (32.69%) of the total candidates who passed the Graduate School Aptitude Test are females, while 70 (67.31%) are males. Read More…