EDITORIAL: Pass rate is high, now let’s focus on quality

The revelation that over 95 per cent of students who sat for the 2013/2014 national exams passed is supposed to be good news to the entire country but it hasn’t been received well by some education stakeholders.

Form Six, Std 7 exam pass rate up
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THE National Form Six Examination pass rate has increased from 50.9 per cent in 2013 up to 68.33 in 2014, according to the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. Presenting the ministry's budget estimates, the Minister, Dr Shukuru Kawambwa, said ...

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Form VI pass rate goes score higher this year
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The pass rate for science subjects in this year's Form Six national exams has risen tremendously compared to last year's, the National Examination Council of Tanzania (Necta) results released yesterday have shown. Releasing the results in Dar es Salaam ...
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Minister pledges improvement in exam pass rate
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THE government is determined to improve teachers' working conditions in order to increase the pass rate from 70 per cent this year to 80 per cent next year in both primary and secondary education. Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Dr Shukuru ...

Increase in pass rate sets pace for enrolment
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A TOTAL of 36,814 pupils who passed this year's standard seven national examinations in Dar es Salaam region have been selected to join secondary school next year. 0 Comments. Dar es Salaam Regional Education Officer Mr Raymond Mapunda said that ...

Enrolment in Tanzanian secondary schools is presently impressive, with regions like Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam going beyond the government directive that at least 70 per cent of all who pass their national Standard 7 exams should be admitted to Form One.

Why is Italy's coronavirus fatality rate so high?  Al Jazeera English

>Criminals posing as students have turned the country’s most respected and oldest university into a den of robbers—which poses a security threat to thousands of students and their lecturers, thanks to security lapses.

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High Court poised to pass ruling on Ponda case today
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The High Court Dar es Salaam zone will today deliver a ruling on the protracted case against the outspoken Muslim cleric Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda. It will rule on the preliminary objection filed by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) against Ponda's ...
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