Form six sit for final exams

By Elisha Magolanga

 

Dar es Salaam. About 52,612 Form VI students in the country on Monday started sitting for  their national examinations scheduled to end on February 27,  said the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA).

NECTA Public Relations Officer, John Nchimbi said that 43, 309 are school candidates while 9203 are private candidates. He noted that among them 37 students with eyes disability are sitting fro exams where 28 are school candidates and 9 are private candidates.

This year the number of candidates sitting for form six exams has dropped down for 2317 candidates behind last year as 54,929 candidates sat for final examinations.

Mr. Nchimbi said that examination excise has started well since there was no any problem reported in the initial exams. He made a call to all education officers to ensure all procedures are followed as he caution to candidates to stay away from malpractice saying legal steps would be taken.  

The Citizen made surveillance in the city’s schools starting at Shaaban Robert, Tambaza, Azania, Jangwani, Zanaki, and Mzizima Secondary schools where students were in good condition doing their examinations under tight security established in each school. 

Shaaban Robert Headmaster, Mr S. Ramji told the reporter that in his school all 66 student sat for their final exams and students were well physically and psychologically. He added that there was no any difficulty there since examinations arrived and stared on time. 

Peter Muhondajile HKL Azania candidate said, “Initial examinations have started well, as in our class no candidate has missed done examinations,” He added that Kiswahili examination was quite fair since it has covered the given syllabuses as teachers have already taught.

In other occasion, schools headmasters’ ad invigilators refused to comment anything arguing that they are not in position to comment as the spokesperson was the District Education Officers. The paper tried to get the officers call but was not responded.