Over 1 million pupils pass Std Seven exam

THE National Examination Council of Tanzania (NECTA) on Thursday released the 2022 Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) results indicating that the number of candidates who passed the exams has increased by 18.24 in comparison to last year.

According to NECTA, a total of 1,073,402 out of 1,348,073 pupils who sat for the exam estimated as 79.62 per cent passed with grade A, B and C.

Announcing the results in Dar es Salaam yesterday, NECTA Acting Executive Secretary, Mr Athumani Amasi explained that 558,825 of those who passed were girls, while the remaining 514,577 were boys.

He said last year, a total of 907,802 candidates equivalent to 81.97 per cent passed the examination.

“Basing on statistics this year’s pass rate has slightly dropped by 2.35 per cent although the number of candidates, who passed the examination, has increased by 165,600 and estimated as 18.24 per cent in comparison to last year,” he said.

Mr Amasi further noted that the results showed that candidates’ performance in all subjects is above average, except in English Language.

Adding: “The results showed that a total of 59,990 candidates who sat for English  Language estimated as 4.45 per cent  scored  grade A,  56,569 approximately 4.20 per cent scored  grade B, 279,580 candidates equivalent to 20.74 per cent got grade C,  912, 708 estimated as 67.71 per cent  got  grade  D,  while 39, 086 candidates estimated as 2.90 percent passed  with  grade  E,”  he said.

In his address, the Acting Executive Secretary said that the Council will conduct an in-depth analysis of the results in every subject and produce findings, which will be distributed to education stakeholders, including all primary schools in the country to enable teachers to use analytical information to improve teaching and learning in schools.

Meanwhile, the council has cancelled results of 2,194 candidates estimated as 0.16 per cent of pupils, who sat for the examination due to   cheating.

He said the results have been cancelled as per section 30(2) (b) of the 2016 Examination Regulations and section 5(2) (i) and (j) of the NECTA legislation Chapter 107.

In a related development,  NECTA  has also  closed down 24 Examination Centres  equivalent to 0.13 per cent of them, which were associated with examination cheating as per  section 4(8) of the 2016 Examination Regulations till the time the authority will be satisfied that  they deserve hosting such examinations.

He mentioned the closed centres  and their  regions in brackets  as Kadama Primary School in Chato-Geita, Rweikiza (Bukoba), Kilimanjaro Primary School (Arusha) Sahare (Tanga), Ukerewe (Mwanza), St Anne Marie (Dar es Salaam) Peaceland (Mwanza), Karume (Kagera), Al-hikma (Dar es Salaam), Kazoba (Kagera), Mugini (Mwanza), Busara (Mwanza),

Others  are Jamia (kagera), Winners (Mwanza), Musabe (Mwanza), Elisabene (Songwe), High Challenge (Arusha), Tumaini (Mwanza), Olele (Mwanza), Mustlead (Coast), Moregas (Mara), Leaders ( Mara), Kivulini (Mwanza) and St Severine ( Kagera).

A total of 1,350,881 candidates (97.59 percent) were registered for the examination, where 709,556  were girls  (98.14 percent) and boys 641,325 (97.00 per cent). A total of 33,305 candidates estimated as 2.41 per cent did not sit for the exam due to various reasons, including absenteeism and illnesses.