UACE points and weighted points.
Give each principal subject its paper grades (or its letter) and the subsidiary grades. Add a programme’s subjects to see the university weighted points too.
The results
The points
Fill in at least one principal subject to see the points.
What is official and what is not
- Checked against the Ministry of Education and Sports: the points per letter (A 6 … F 0), a subsidiary pass at D1–C6 worth one point, the subject weights (essential 3, relevant 2, desirable 1, at most two essential and three weighted principal subjects) and the O-level weights — “Information on public universities admissions for the 2026/2027 academic year” (October 2025).
- Checked against UNEB (as reported): the certificate needs at least one principal pass or one subsidiary pass in a principal subject.
- Not from UNEB’s own regulation: the letter from paper grades follows a published summary of UNEB’s award rules; UNEB’s regulation itself was not found online (17 October 2026). Where you know the letter, choose it instead of the papers.
- A convention, not a rule: “points out of 20” (three principal subjects and two subsidiaries). A bonus for women and other older weights are not applied, because the 2026/2027 document does not state them.
Read the guide: how to calculate UACE points and weighted points
About UACE points
How many points is each letter?
A 6, B 5, C 4, D 3, E 2, O 1 and F 0, for each principal subject. A subsidiary subject passed at D1 to C6 adds 1 point.
What is the most a student can get?
Twenty: three principal subjects at A (18) and two subsidiary passes, General Paper and one other (2). Schools and the press count "out of 20"; UNEB itself examines subjects, not totals.
What are weighted points?
Public universities weigh each principal subject by how it matters to the programme: essential × 3, relevant × 2, desirable × 1, add a point for each desirable subsidiary pass, and add the O-level weight (0.3 for each distinction, 0.2 for each credit, 0.1 for each pass).
Does this decide admission?
No. Each university sets its programmes’ subjects and cut-off points every year. Use the programme’s own list from the university.
Do this for your whole school
School Dynamics grades every A-level paper the way your school sets it, prints each student’s points on the report card, and shows the results by class and subject.