Girls shine in Std 7 exam as overall pass rate increases
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The number of candidates, who passed this year’s Primary School Leaving Examination has improved and is equivalent to 72.76 per cent
Dar es Salaam. This year’s overall performance of Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) has improved by 2.40 per cent compared to last year’s, the examinations authority has revealed.
A total of 662,035 registered candidates out of 909,950 pupils, who sat for PSLE this year passed, the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (Necta) announced yesterday.
Briefing reporters in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Necta executive secretary Charles Msonde said the number of candidates, who passed was equivalent to 72.76 per cent.
Statistics mean that nearly one out of three pupils, who sat for the PSLE in this year, has not qualified for secondary education in Tanzania.
Dr Msonde said 341,020 of those, who passed were girls (70.03 per cent of 480,784 girls, who sat for the exams).
At the same time, out of all the pupils, who passed, 321,015 were boys, equivalent to 74.80 per cent of 429,166 boys, who sat for the exams.
Dr Msonde said the overall performance for last year was 70.36 per cent.
According to him, this year’s performance in Kiswahili, English and Mathematics had improved from last year’s 4.25 to 10.05 per cent.
“Performance in science and social studies has fallen to 3.56 per cent from 13.97 per cent of 2016,’’ the executive secretary said. He named Hadija Aziz of Sir John Primary School based in Tanga Region as the best candidate.
“She is followed by Naseem Kareem Said also from Sir John,” he declared.
The list of the 10 best performing pupils also included Ibrahim Shaban (Tusiime), who came up number three, followed by Kadidi Mkama (Paradise), Acius Missingo (St Peter Claver) and Insiyah Kalimuddin (Sir John).
Number eight to 10 were Colletha Masangwa (St Acheleus), Mahir Mohamedy (Feza), Mbarak Faraj (Feza) and Philimon Damas (St Acheleus).
The Necta boss revealed also that the council had withheld the results of 65 candidates found to have genuine reasons for not writing all exams.
He said these candidates would have to write the exams that they missed next year.
Meanwhile, Necta has disqualified the results of 10 candidates, who were found cheating in the exams.
“We have advised the responsible authorities to take appropriate legal action against those involved in cheating in the exams,” Dr Msonde said.
Furthermore, the council announced that it was still preparing comprehensive evaluation that would show detailed performance in each subject.
Once completed, the report will be shared with all stakeholders for further action, particularly on how to fix problems that will be identified.
This year’s PSLE results show that Kagera led in the top 10 regions with four schools, followed by Dar es Salaam. Last year, it was Dar es Salaam that led the list.
Singida Region had more schools with the worst performance countrywide in this year, according to Nacte.
The best performing schools, according to Nacte, include St Peter (Kagera), followed by St Severine (Kagera), Allince (Mwanza), Sir John (Tanga), Palikas (Shinyanga), Mwanga (Kagera) and Hazina (Dar es Salaam).
Other schools are St Anne Marie (Dar es Salaam), Rweikiza (Kagera) and Martin Luther (Dodoma).
Schools with poorest performance include Nyahaa (Singida), Bosho (Tanga), Ntalasha (Tabora), Kishangazi (Singida), Ikolo (Singida), Kimwala (Songwe), Kibutuka (Lindi), Mkulumizi (Tanga) and Kitwai A (Manyara).
However, on the list of the top 10 regions were Dar es Salaam, Kagera, Geita, Iringa, Kilimanjaro, Njombe, Arusha, Mwanza, Katavi and Tabora.
Municipal and district councils that entered the top 10 were Kinondoni, followed by Moshi Urban, Arusha Urban, Ilala, Mafinga Urban, Mlele, Kigamboni, Nzega Urban, Mpanda and Chato.
