Necta cancels Form 6 results of 24 candidates for cheating
What you need to know:
- NECTA is also withholding results from 326 candidates due to health issues
Dar es Salaam. The National Examinations Council (NECTA) has cancelled the results of 24 individuals found guilty of cheating in the 2024 exams, which included Form 6 and teachers’ college candidates.
NECTA is also withholding results from 326 candidates due to health issues, including 304 from the Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ACSEE), 12 from the Grade A Teachers Certificate Examination (GATCE), 1 from the GATSCCE, and 9 from the Diploma in Secondary Education Examination (DSEE), who were unable to complete all subjects.
The number of cancelled results includes 22 candidates from Form 6 (17 school candidates and 5 private candidates), 1 from the Grade A Teacher Course Special Examination (GATSCCE), and 1 from the Diploma in Secondary Education Examination (DSEE).
These results were cancelled according to Section 5 (2)(i) and (j) of the NECTA Act, Chapter 107, read in conjunction with Section 30(2)(b) of the Examination Regulations of 2016, according to NECTA.
"Candidates who were unable to complete examinations for certain subjects due to illness have been granted the opportunity to sit for these exams in 2025, as per Section 32(1) of the Examination Regulations," stated NECTA Executive Director Dr. Said Mohamed, while announcing the results in Unguja on Saturday, July 13, 2024.
Subject Performance
The results show that all subjects had candidates passing between 96.84 percent and 100 percent, except for Basic Applied Mathematics (BAM), where candidates passed at 77.55 percent, Necta announced.
However, the pass rate for BAM has continued to improve, increasing by 9.02 percent compared to 2023.
More than 66 percent of candidates in subjects such as History, Geography, Kiswahili, Advanced Mathematics, Economics, Commerce, and Accountancy obtained high grades, ranging from grade A to grade C (equivalent to 60 to 100 marks).
More than 50 percent of candidates in subjects such as General Studies, English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agriculture, and Education obtained average grades ranging from D to E (equivalent to 40 to 59 marks).
"Additionally, candidates who passed BAM were mostly in the grade range of C, D, E, and S, equivalent to 35 to 69 marks," he said.
Advanced Mathematics had 12.89 percent of candidates obtaining grade A, followed by Accountancy with 3.90 percent and Chemistry with 2.73 percent.
Language subjects, including French, Chinese, and Arabic, had good pass rates ranging from 96.84 percent to 100 percent, although the number of candidates in these subjects was small, ranging from 43 to 251 candidates.
Meanwhile, a total of 111,056 school and private candidates, equivalent to 99.43 percent of candidates with Form Six Examination results in 2024, passed.
The female candidates who passed were 49,837 (99.61 percent), while the male candidates who passed were 61,219 (99.28 percent).
In 2023, a total of 104,549 candidates passed, equivalent to 99.23 percent, therefore, the overall pass rate increased by 0.20 percent compared to 2023.
