Slight drop in 2015 Form II national exam pass rate
National Examinations Council of Tanzania secretary-general, Dr Charles Msonde (right), announces the 2015 Form II National Exams at a press conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday. With him is his deputy, Mr Athumani Salumu. PHOTO| SAID KHAMIS
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Results released yesterday by the National Examination Council (Necta) reveal a drop by 3.54 per cent last year, compared to 2014.
Dar es Salaam. The pass rate of Form II national examinations has dropped slightly, results for 2015 have shown.
Results released yesterday by the National Examination Council (Necta) reveal a drop by 3.54 per cent last year, compared to 2014.
The Form Two National Assessment (FTNA) results showed that 324,068 candidates, an equivalent of 89.12 per cent, passed the exams.
These will now proceed to Form III, while 39,567, an equivalent of 10.88 per cent, did not make it.
According to Necta executive secretary, Dr Charles Msonde, 375,434 canidates passed the exam in 2014, which was an equivalent of 92.66 per cent.
Dr Msonde said the results were graded using the Grade Point Average (GPA) system.
He added that the system showed that less than 50 per cent of the students passed in the first three grades of distinction, merit and credit.
155,667 (42.80 per cent) students made it with good grades. Of these, 68,780 were girls and 86,887 boys.
There was average student performance in Civics, History, Geography, Kiswahili, English Language, Biology and Bookkeeping.
But students performed below average in Basic Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Commerce.
Dr Msonda said students continued to score poor marks in Basic Mathematics with only 15.21 per cent passing at average.
However, the score in Kiswahili was better at 86.34 per cent.
Meanwhile, girl student Lineth Christopher of St Aloysius Girls’ Secondary School in Coast region was declared the overall best performing student in the list of Top 10 students.
Other top performing students in the Top 10 category are Jerry Panga (Marian Boys’ Secondary School, Coast Region), Rhobi James Simba (Marian Girls’ Secondary School, Coast region), Colin Emmanuel (Feza Boys Secondary School, Coast Region) and Nickson Maro (Magnificat Secondary School, Kilimanjaro Region).
Others were Diana Mwakibinga from Morning Star Secondary School in Mwanza Region, Elisha Peter from Buswelu Secondary School in Mwanza, Gaudencia Lwitakubi from Alliance Girls’ Secondary School in Mwanza, Fuad Thabit from Feza Boys’ Secondary School, Dar es Salaam and Geraldina Kyanyaka Canossa Secondary School in Dar es Salaam.
Dr Msonde said the Top 10 performing girl students came from St. Aloysius Girls Secondary School in Coast Region, Morning Star Girls’ Secondary School in Mwanza, Alliance Girls Secondary School in Mwanza, Canossa Girls’ Secondary School in Dar es Salaam, Precious Blood Girls’ Secondary School in Arusha, and Feza Girls’ Secondary School in Dar es Salaam.
Top 10 boys came from Marian Boys and Eagles in Coast Region, Feza Boys and Libermann Boys in Dar es Salaam, Magnificat in Kilimanjaro Region, Buswelu, Mwanza Alliance, Morning Star and Marist Boys in Mwanza.
Top 10 schools are Mwanza Alliance Secondary, Alliance Girls Secondary, Alliance Rock Army from Mwanza, St Francis Girls Secondary School from Mbeya, Bethel Sabs Girls Secondary School from Iringa Region, Shamsiye Boys Secondary School, Feza Boys and Feza Girls and Canossa Secondary School from Dar es Salaam, and Don Bosco Seminary from Iringa.
