CERTIFICATE of Secondary Education Examination (CSEE) and Qualifying Test (QT) examinations started smoothly on Monday, a regional round up survey conducted by the Daily News has revealed.
Speaking to Daily News, regional education officers around the country said the exam has started well and no major challenges have emerged so far.
Dar es Salaam Regional Education Officer, Abdul Maulid said the situation of schools and examination centres remained calm and cool. He said the examinations started on time and students arrived in exams rooms on time as planned.
Mr Maulid said the exam supervisors have followed the guidelines given by the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA) almost by 100 per cent.
Emmanuel Maundo, Arusha Regional Academic Education Officer said there have been no challenges so far and the first day of examination started and ended on time.
“No challenges have emerged so far and the exam started on time. The supervisors have observed all the procedures including the rights of the candidates with special needs,” he noted.
Martine Nkwabi, Mwanza Regional Education Officer commented that the exam supervisors went along with the training they received to manage all candidates including those with special needs.
Mr Nkwabi insisted that the condition of examination centres in Mwanza Region was generally good and they have set up a special system to monitor supervision in examination rooms.
On her side, Coast Region Regional Education Officer Sara Mlaki said that the condition of the examination centres is safe, while no challenges arose and the supervision has taken into account all the guidelines issued by NECTA.
On Sunday NECTA Acting Executive Secretary, Mr Athumani Amasi urged all committees entrusted with managing the Form Four exams to observe and adhere to the law by ensuring that nothing causes fraud in the exams.
Mr Amasi made the statement when disclosed to the journalists in Dar es Salaam that about 566,840 registered candidates are expected to sit for the examination countrywide starting yesterday to December 1st this year.
Moreover, he urged all examination supervisors to work professionally by complying with the examination regulations and guidelines given to them.
“Supervisors should ensure that they protect the rights of candidates especially those with special needs.
All candidates with special needs should be extended twenty (20) minutes per hour for the Mathematics exam and ten (10) minutes for each hour for other exams as directed by the NECTA,” he insisted.
On the other hand, he urged all students, teachers as well as the public to exercise rectitude during the examination period, because serious measures would be taken against anybody found cheating.
“All the stakeholders are urged to provide information in the respective agencies when they discover the presence of a person or group of people engaging in cheating during examinations,” he added.
The examination authority also directed the owners of private secondary schools to realise that their schools now are special centres for the national examinations, so they should not in any way interfere with the role of the supervisors throughout the examination period.
