The Acting Executive Secretary of National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA), Dr Charles Msonde. The general
performance of candidates of the latest Form Four examinations have
improved by 15 per cent in 2013 compared to 2012, it has emerged.
According to the official results of 2013 Ordinary
Level (O-Level) released yesterday by National Examinations Council of
Tanzania, a total of 235,227 students which is equal to 58.25 per cent
of the candidates who sat for their exams in November last year passed,
compared to 185,940 or 43.08 in 2012.
Although boys with 53 per cent are ahead of the
girls with 46 per cent in general results, girls by far outshined boys
in the national top ranking of individuals, taking seven places in top
ten of the best students.
According to Necta’s Deputy Executive Secretary Dr
Charles Msonde, this year the institution used the same fixed grade
range system that Necta and the ministry of education adopted in 2012
which breaks down the results into seven grades.
According to the system, A starts from 100 to 75,
B+ 74-60, B 59-50, C 49-40, D 39-30, E 29-20 and F 19-0 marks. “A pass
is awarded from A to D, and in overall results a candidate must score a
minimum of two Ds or a C to pass the exams,” said Dr Msonde.
“The system also dictates that a final result on
each subject is to be divided from two sources, 30 per cent from school
continuous assessment and 70 per cent from the final exams,” he said.
Division zero or failure still has the largest
chunk of the results share with 151,187 candidates 42.91 per cent from
nearly 60 per cent. Division four comes in second with 126,828 or 36
per cent.
Candidates who scored from division I up to III
combined accounts for only 21 per cent. Division III 55,017 (12.78pc) II
- 21,728 (6.17pc) and only 7,579 candidates or two per cent, scored the
top grade, division one.
Government schools are still nowhere to be found
in the most outstanding schools where private ones schools dominated the
top ten. Mbeya’s St. Francis Girls led the 2013 list followed by Marian
Boys, and Feza Girls in the top three.
The best three students are Robina Nicholous from
Marian Girls (Pwani), Magreth Kakoko, St. Francis Girls (Mbeya) and
Joyceline Marealle from CANOSSA in the city.
Basic Mathematics is still a hard nut to crack for
most of the students in the country as only 17.7 per cent of the
candidates passed. Kiswahili attracted majority pass (67 per cent).
Necta withheld results of some students for
different reasons, among them 31,518 who didn’t pay examination fees,
and whose results will be released after doing so. Others are 23
students who fell ill and couldn’t manage to sit for some subjects;
these will sit for the respective subjects. A total of 24 students who
had already registered for the exams fell ill and failed to do even a
single examination, Necta has given them a chance to sit for their exams
later this year.
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