Parliamentary committee wants JC examination back
Officials from the parliamentary committee on education are asking the government to bring back junior certificate examination to improve the dwindling standards of education in secondary schools.
The chairperson of the committee Brenix Kaise said the committee is working on a report which will be presented in parliament to recommend that JCE be brought back as part of continuous assessment of students.
The calls for the reinstatement of the JCE comes amid concerns that this year’s Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) pass rate was the lowest in years and some education experts blamed the abolishment of the JCE as one of the factors.
Ministry of Education principal secretary Justin Saidi said there was need for wider consultation on the issue before a final decision is made on whether to bring back JCE or not.
Recently, minister of Education William Susuwele-Banda said the poor results of the MSCE had nothing to do with the abolishment of the JCE.
Stop politicking with education. Why should govt waste millions of money on an exam whose certificate is as good as a toilet tissue? The dwindling of education standars is not because JC was scrapped off but it is due to constraints in adequate funding of the various sectors of the education like salaries, infrastructure, study materials, learning equipment, etc.
There was a drop in MSCE passing rate in the late 90s and early 2000s and at one point I recall it went to as low as 33%, was JC not around then?
When National Standard 5 exams were being abolished in 1984 people gave the same useless reasons being given now that students will only have a chance of writing a national exam at standard 8 years and that will lead to massive flop at PSLCE, are we not used to it now?
I know this issue is being resuscitated because MCP campaigned on this on it and they are very certain they have won the election case and will also win the corresponding rerun. Wait, ugwireni mtima simungaichinye DPP 2-0 osatheka. You will lose one of the two game ndi 1-1 iyi.
Who decided to remove JC in the first place? 4 years without exams after primary. Mwaswera.
Can maneb show us the money they have saved after banning jce exams ? O/100
The problem with our politicians is,whenever they are in Government to them its to support everything for government even if its a bad thing.The same applies to to the opposition parties though in opposition they are divided.
I agree with you 100%
That’s good ldea.
So, Susuwele is actually happy with the dwindling of education in Malawi. The whole minister????
that`s good
welcome development
if resources/money are/is the main hindrance to bringing JCE back then MANEB can start setting a mock JCE exam and distribute it to secondary schools via simple methods like e-mail and not administer it as they usually do. this would eliminate the cost issue. the important thing would be that it would be MANEB exam etc
What will people do with the JCE, there is no job requirement of a JCE holder these days since the MSCE holders are so numerous. Are you serious saying the drop at MSCE passing rate was due to the abolition of the JCE. People should remove the perception that exams are formed by MANEB, they are formed by teachers so let the teachers form like District Mock Exams.
Your concern better than some one on top, you see if ever the Government has to have a burden, it should be the future of Malawi, JCE was good and what it did to abolish it was to put Malawi on a fire of ignorance, but it was not a surprise because politicians does not take their children to those schools , so I think the Government should allow the young citizens to enjoy the education like these old folks how they enjoyed during their time. Malawians will pay the cost, (Harry Potani)