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.