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The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) has noted with sadness at the reduction in the pass rate of candidates who obtained school certificates in 2020 estimated at 63.93 percent (%) compared to 65.32% in 2019.
ZANEC Executive Director, George Hamusunga says it is further saddening that the last performance in the 2020 examinations was in Science which recorded a mean score of 24.19%.
Mr. Hamusunga notes that despite the country’s emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), the low performance in Science has been a common trend.
He says to this effect there is need to invest more in Science related education inputs including the recruitment of more teachers for STEM subjects, procurement of teaching and learning materials as well as providing science laboratory equipment.
The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) has expressed delight at the grade 7 and 9 examination results but has called for a review of the Automatic Progression Policy in its current form. ZANEC said the December 2018 report by OECD’s Program for International Student Assessment showed that only 5% of our Grade 7 learners demonstrate minimum proficiency in literacy. This means that by having the Automatic Progression Policy,
we are allowing children in Grade 7 who cannot read and write to progress to Grade 8.
Below is the Full Press statement
The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) is happy that the Grades 7 and 9 examination results are out as announced by the Minister of General Education Honourable Dr.Dennis Wanchinga MP in a joint statement on the release of the 2020 Internal Examination Results.
2021-01-13 13:35:27 GMT2021-01-13 21:35:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LUSAKA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) As Zambia prepares to reopen schools next week, a debate has emerged whether the schools should be reopened or not following a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Zambia has witnessed a surge in COVID-19 cases during the second wave of the pandemic, with health authorities warning that huge gatherings are fueling the surge.
Ministry of General Education Jobbics Kalumba said schools will reopen on Jan. 18 and that the second calendar will not be disturbed by the COVID-19.
However, the announcement has opened a debate, with people expressing various views.
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