Necta Executive Secretary Charles Msonde says results are another indication that the education sector is set to record impressive achievements under the Big Results Now (BRN) initiative
Zanzibar. Some 98.87 per cent of Form Six finalists who sat
their national examinations earlier in the year have passed, the
National Examinations Council of Tanzania (Necta) announced here
yesterday.
Necta Executive Secretary Charles Msonde told reporters that 38,853 of 40,753 students who sat the exams did well.
He saw this as another indication that the
education sector is set to record impressive achievements under the Big
Results Now (BRN) initiative. The results released in Zanzibar indicate a
slight improvement over the previous year’s performance, with 98.26 per
cent of students passing.
Public schools
Public schools put up an impressive performance,
contrary to expectations that private schools would do better. There are
13 public schools on the list of top 20 schools. Of those who sailed
through, 11,734 were girls and 27,119 were boys.
The pass rate has risen each year due to the
government’s efforts to improve the quality of education. Public and
private schools have shared five slots each on the list of top
performers.
Thirty-five students failed to sit their exams,
some of them because they were unwell, and Necta has given an assurance
that the students will resit their examinations in May next year. “Five
of those who did the exams had their results cancelled after it was
established that they had cheated,” said Dr Msonde.
The students who made it to the Top 10 list
include Ramadhani Gembe (Feza Boys), Lesuian Lengare (Ilboru), Hunayza
Mohamed (Feza Girls), Rosemary Chengula (St Marys, Mazinde Juu) and
Kelvin Rutahoile (St Joseph’s Cathedral).
Others are Joseph Pasian (Ilboru), Andarton
Masanja (St Joseph’s Cathedral), Yonazi Senkondo (Feza Boys), Lupyana
Kinyamagogoha (Mzumbe) and Meghna Solanki (Shaaban Robert).
The students on the top list have showed high
capacity in science subjects, which means they now join the group of
students with special talent.
Schools with high scoring students include St
Mary’s Mazinde Juu (120), Ivumwe Secondary (68), Feza Girls (67) and
Kisimiri (59). Others are Scolastica (40), Namabengo (38), Vwawa (31),
Feza Boys (54) and Runzewe (38).
The national best science students in the Top Ten
list are Ramadhani Gembe (Feza Boys), Lesian Lengare (Ilboru), Hunayza
Mohamed (Feza Girls), Rosemary Chengula (St Mary Mazinde Juu), Kevin
Fidelis Rutahoile (St Joseph Cathedral), Anderton Masanja (St Joseph
Cathedral), Joseph Pasia (Ilboru), Lupyana Kinyamagoha (Mzumbe), Yonazi
Senkondo (Feza Boys) and Meghna Solanki of Shaaban Robert Secondary
School.
