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Zambia: 30,610 Pupils Obtain Full Grade 12 Certificates
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The Times of Zambia (Ndola)
27 March 2008
Posted to the web 27 March 2008
Ndola
A TOTAL of 30,610 pupils who sat for the 2007 grade 12 examinations have obtained full certificates while 18,717 managed to obtain the General Certificate of Education (GCE) out of the 50,200 candidates who sat for the examinations.
Education Minister, Geoffrey Lungwangwa, who announced the results yesterday said 17 schools had recorded a 100 per cent pass rate although overall 60.98 per cent of the candidates obtained full certificates compared to the 61.25 per cent in 2006.
He said 51,518 pupils entered for the examinations last year out of who 50,200 sat for it and 1,318 were absent while 873 failed.
Of the 30,610 who obtained full certificates 18,201 were boys and 12,409 were girls while those for GCE, 9,886 were boys and 8,831 were girls.
He said Southern Province had the best results at 73.3 per cent although it had a decline from 79.9 per cent in 2006. North-Western Province had the lowest passing percentage at 33.5.
Prof Lungwangwa said 115 candidates were involved in examination malpractices last year as compared to 25 in 2006. He said that the malpractices were mainly that of smuggling material into the examination rooms.
He said to improve on the future results, there would be increased visits to all schools by standards officers while headteachers had been implored to enhance supervision of teachers to build capacity in teachers.
He said the ministry was committed to deploying qualified teachers in high schools saying K10 billion had been set aside for procuring teaching and learning material for high schools.
The schools that obtained 100 per cent pass rate are Lubushi Seminary, Charles Lwanga, Hillcrest Technical, Chikuni Girls, Mukasa Minor Seminary, Nakambala Private, Ibenga Girls and Dominican Convent.
Others are St John's, Sacred Heart Convent, St Joseph's, Nsansa International, Kalulushi Trust, St Paul's, Roma Girls, Katondwe Girls and Mary Queen of Peace.
The minister also announced that his ministry had released K90 billion for the construction of 1,527 classrooms across Zambia.
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He said the development meant that 233 new basic schools would be constructed while 799 additional classrooms would be built at existing schools.
That, he said, would increase the number of school places by 137,000 with double shifting.
He said the funds had been disbursed to districts, which would in turn disburse the funds to schools for additional classrooms. The district education board secretaries (DEBS) would administer the funds for new schools.
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