MSCE exams 60% fail rate ‘worst in the past decade’says education minister
Minister of Education Agnes NyaLonje has admitted that the results of the retaken 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examination which show that 81 017 candidates out of 138 310 have failed, representing a paltry 41.42 percent pass rate and described it as “the worst in the past decade”.
Acting executive director Dr Dorothy Nampota said the re-administered 2020 examination were free from leakage and were conducted under strict adherence to Covid-19 preventive measures.
Nampota said out of the 138 310 candidates that sat examinations, 57 293 have passed representing 41.42% pass rate.
Out of the 64 297 female candidates that sat examination, 22 270 passed representing 34.64 % pass rate.
In terms of gender; 64 297 of the candidates were females and 22 270 representing 34.64 percent have passed.
On the other hand, out of 74 013 male candidates, 35 023 representing 47.32 percent have passed.
There were 687 special needs candidates who sat the examination, 277 have passed representing 40.32 percent.
But education minister Nyalonje attributed the candidates’ poor performance to circumstances that surrounded the administration of the 2020 MSCE which she said were beyond the ministry’s control.
NyaLonje said: “We saw how Covid-19 induced a long holiday and necessitated shifting of MSCE from July to October 2020.
“The second factor is the cancellation of the exams due to massive leakage and last the strict controls and security used in the final examinations.”
Candidates took a fresh examination in January this year following cancellation of the initial one last October due to massive leakage of some examination papers.
Initially, the candidates were expected to write the examination in July, but they did not since schools were closed as a precautionary measure against Covid-19.
She also blamed poor management of teachers whom she said play a major role in the education sector.
However, Nyalonje pledged to ensure that the plight of teachers is improved.
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How do you expect good performance when you’re are surrounded by a PS and Directors who sleep on their jobs? How do you expect good results in public schools whose teachers have low morale and indisciplined? The pupils are not motivated. The facilities are bad. The schools are in the same state Kamuzu left 26 years ago. Kamuzu built beautiful schools with window glasses. All glasses are broken. Honestly the administrations after Kamuzu took us to stone ages. The politicians are greedy. Their interest is money. Malawi is like a computer full of viruses. The Ministry of Education has viruses. You are now moving a flop from Domasi College to be a Director of Secondary Schools at the headquarters? If you don’t improve education expect a country full of thugs.
Did this group sat for JCE? If this is the first group to straight to MSCE then this is not surprising as many should have failed JCE
This time the pupils had a real examination; no leakage, cheating and with, temporarily, no cheats at MANEB.
Since we always compare with Cambridge School Certificate O Levels, why not just go Cambridge? There won’t be any more headaches for Education Ministry and it’s Administration.
This is what we want as soon as the exam leakage stops, pass rate goes down. Who is surprised with this? Fair play, let those who work hard get the reward and those who had the previlage of leaked exams suffer.
Worst education system ever.let’s move to Cambridge boards basi
Yes, Covid had a lot to do with the poor performance. A lot! But I have this lingering suspicion that perhaps all this has to do with the non-leakage of the exam. If true, then our state of formal education is a mess. If you’re old enough, you’ll realize that it’s precisely what Grandmaster Flash referred to as “a bum education”.
The worst ever and don’t blame the teachers because when they raise their concerns government always don’t listen to them main racter that makes education to go down
ana a school nao tisawaikile kumbuyo. akhozao akhoza bwanji..
kunalibe likasa pano we got to be strict not to leak the exam style otherwise ma form form 2 much.
tinole ana athu azozadziwa kulemba ma essay.
I agree with you in totality. In the past, during Kamuzu era the country could produce only one, maybe two or three with the highest score of 6 points. At times, we could produce only one with 11 points as the highest. These days, you will hear of one school only producing 35 students with 6 points; 50 students with 7 points. This was a calculated scam by the Demented Promiscuous Persons to swell their folks with form-form education. Merit has caught someone pants down. Tonse government, keep on draining the swamp. They are crying the most under the guise of Tonse supporters. Leave our cabinet alone. Surprisingly, you did not make noise when Dausi and all the useless ministers who were caught red handed talking of allowances when people were dying of covid-19. You will never ever get the maximum support you had from the north. Mulikukhwengwena palibwe.
Kkkkkkkkk imagine pitala was once our minister of education.!!!he thought no wiser that things will would change. He dint care to look look and audit into the system may be dint even follow up on wat was going and happening. We trusted him him may be or his brother! knowing he’s wiser than any of us with western exposure_ azunguI dont know.
He was 2 excited to board the plane on a free first class ticket then free house and free everything to date..
tinanamizidwa kudya galu anatisusutsa pansi.
IT SULKS AND IT HURTS.
well” He or both with his brother dint see change coming” just like Muluzi said ”olo atandithila dumu nkamwa sindingavotele MCP” usawi ! cani!. and him who sold everything in the country including good school system in the name of privatisation. . ” THEY DINT SEE THAT CHANGE WOULD COME”
kodi bwato olembedwa pitala munthalika nde ukugwila nsomba?
waste of our taxes instead of investing in the country’s economy. we know what we are talking about..
eetu ”’ZIKUSINTHA”.
for the school girls whi were shunning kuti atenga mimba skulu zikapanda kutsekulidwa. well they can or could do it and sue noone kukomera kwake.CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO HAVE PASSED”
Eeh, nde opposition ukuitha. Mwalowano kosutsa!!! Muli tchelu kuyembekezera chosutsa. Awa ndi masanzi aDPP.