KAGERA: A TOTAL of 82,597 pupils in Kagera Region are participating in the Standard Four National Assessment (SFNA) that started on Wednesday across the country.
Acting Regional Administrative Secretary, Isaya Tendega said that of the number, 40,037 are boys (equivalent to 48.4 per cent) while 42,560 others are girls (51.5 per cent).
“All necessary logistics had been completed while invigilators have been directed to abide by ethics and ensure that there are no exam leakages,” he said.
The National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA), Executive Secretary, Dr Said Ally Mohamed told reporters on Tuesday that a total of 1,633,900 pupils in Tanzania Mainland are participating in the Standard Four National Assessment (SFNA), with approximately 48.6 per cent being boys and 51.4 per cent being girls.
Dr Mohamed also said that a total of 879,291 registered candidates are expected to sit for Form Two National Assessment (FTNA) which begins on Monday next week. Of these, 869,673 are school candidates and 9,618 are private candidates.
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He added that among 869,673 school candidates, 399,383 are boys and 470,290 candidates are girls, estimated to 45.92 per cent and 54.08 per cent respectively.
Elaborating, he noted that SFNA is important because it enables them to know the level of pupils in mastering advanced reading skills, writing and counting while FTNA measures the ability and understanding of candidates in all that they learned during the two years of their Secondary studies.
Moreover, Dr Mohamed said that all the preparations of SFNA and FTNA for 2024 have been completed, including the distribution of relevant examinations answer booklets and all-important documents related to the exams to all regions and councils in Mainland.
NECTA further directed all examination committees in regional and district level to ensure security is maintained in all centres as per guidelines given to the councils. The council also instructed invigilators to abide by ethics as it calls upon the candidates to observe ethics and truthfulness.
Dr Mohamed said school owners and principals should not interfere with the duties of invigilators during the exam period and warned any examination centre found to compromise the security of the national exams would be immediately deregistered.