Exams body given 7 days to explain results grading

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Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training Minister, Professor Joyce Ndalichako, issued the directive in Dar es Salaam when she visited the NECTA offices for a familiarisation tour.
She gave the ultimatum as she was not convinced by the response given by the council’s Executive Secretary, Dr Charles Msonde, on the change in the grading system for Form Four and Form Six results, effective 2014 when the results were graded in GPAs instead of in divisions.
Prof Ndalichako, who had served as NECTA Executive Secretary for nine years, said she has been receiving numerous complaints on the grading system since becoming minister, “hence the need for professional answers on what prompted the move’’.
She also directed NECTA to, within the same period, state the professional and logical reasons that made them give private candidates in secondary schools paper two examination which serves as a continuous assessment. “I have not been satisfied with the reasons given as far as the decision was made.
Did you satisfy yourselves that it was purely for academic benefit and took into account views of the stakeholders before making the changes?” she questioned.
Dr Msonde had stated that they changed the grading after they had agreed with the Tanzania Commission for University (TCU), NACTE, the then Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in accordance with the need of e-government to centralise the grading system.
“The changes aimed at easing the higher learning education registration system, employment and e-government, hence the need to change the grading in GPA system by the institutions.
Through this system, one does not need to attach the certificate while it has also been easy to identify fake certificates” explained Dr Msonde. On continuous assessments-cumexams, Dr Msonde said most of the private candidates complained that they were failing since there was no way they could trace their performance thus a need for a paper two exams that served as their assessment.
Prof Ndalichako queried: “How do you give continuous assessment exam for a student while not aware of his or her learning environment? “I have not been satisfied with the reasons given as far as the decision is concerned. Do you see any logic in having two papers and the cost attached to it? If possible, they should not sit for that exam this year”.
She further told NECTA officials that as a think-tank, they should be very reasonable and start being guided by professionalism when making decisions that have an impact on the education quality and standard. “So far, the reasons given do not have any logical grounds.
I give you seven days to write professionally as the national think-tank in the education sector the reasons that made you go for those two decisions and the effects they have in improving the sector”, the minister directed.
Prof Ndalichako said she was not against changes, arguing that any changes must be accompanied by adverse and genuine reasons, “or otherwise there is no need to rush into things that have no impact and have not taken into account views of the stakeholders’’.
The minister revealed that she wanted to set system that will work out without depending on one person to maintain sustainability and consistency. She insisted on the need for accountability, urging NECTA to make an effort to seal examination leakages for the good image of the institution.
Prof Ndalichako called upon NECTA officials to provide indicators they believe should be worked upon to effect improvements as they were better positioned to identify areas of student’s weaknesses when marking exam papers.READ MORE

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