BY DAVID KISANGA 28th September 2012 Email
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Comments Aim is to ensure teachers have ample
time to mark papers Effective next year, Form Six and Four
students will sit for their national
examinations in May and November
respectively, instead of February and
October, the government has
confirmed.The move is aimed at enabling teachers to mark the examinations
during June and December holidays, the
National Examinations Council of
Tanzania (NECTA) said, adding that it will
recruit more teachers for marking the
final examinations countrywide.
Speaking in an interview with The
Guardian yesterday in Dar es Salaam John
Nchimbi NECTAs Public Relations Officer
said that the council proposed
reinstatement of the system to the
Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. The marking exercise will take place
during school holidays, providing
teachers with ample time to mark the
exams, hence provide accurate results,
he said. He said the Ministry has endorsed the
proposal to allow more teachers to be
involved in the exam marking. We have been experiencing difficulties
in getting teachers for marking the
papers, because by the time the students
sit for the examinations, schools are still
in session, he said. We hope that this system will make the
marking more effective and ensure
better results.
When contacted to give details on the
issue, Education and Vocational Deputy
Ministry, Philipo Mulugo confirmed that
the ministry had endorsed the NECTA
proposal. My ministry went through the proposal
to satisfy itself that it will not have any
negative effects and accepted it. We
found it to be a good idea and very
helpful to teachers in having ample time
when it comes to marking the examinations, he underlined. Mulugo assured students set to sit for
next years examinations that the new
system will not affect their preparations
because it has been implemented to
enable teachers assigned to do their job
accurately.
The current system of holding Form Four
examinations in October was adopted in
2005 while that of holding Form Six
exams in February was adopted in 2006.
Source: The Guardian
Comments Aim is to ensure teachers have ample
time to mark papers Effective next year, Form Six and Four
students will sit for their national
examinations in May and November
respectively, instead of February and
October, the government has
confirmed.The move is aimed at enabling teachers to mark the examinations
during June and December holidays, the
National Examinations Council of
Tanzania (NECTA) said, adding that it will
recruit more teachers for marking the
final examinations countrywide.
Speaking in an interview with The
Guardian yesterday in Dar es Salaam John
Nchimbi NECTAs Public Relations Officer
said that the council proposed
reinstatement of the system to the
Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. The marking exercise will take place
during school holidays, providing
teachers with ample time to mark the
exams, hence provide accurate results,
he said. He said the Ministry has endorsed the
proposal to allow more teachers to be
involved in the exam marking. We have been experiencing difficulties
in getting teachers for marking the
papers, because by the time the students
sit for the examinations, schools are still
in session, he said. We hope that this system will make the
marking more effective and ensure
better results.
When contacted to give details on the
issue, Education and Vocational Deputy
Ministry, Philipo Mulugo confirmed that
the ministry had endorsed the NECTA
proposal. My ministry went through the proposal
to satisfy itself that it will not have any
negative effects and accepted it. We
found it to be a good idea and very
helpful to teachers in having ample time
when it comes to marking the examinations, he underlined. Mulugo assured students set to sit for
next years examinations that the new
system will not affect their preparations
because it has been implemented to
enable teachers assigned to do their job
accurately.
The current system of holding Form Four
examinations in October was adopted in
2005 while that of holding Form Six
exams in February was adopted in 2006.
Source: The Guardian