SOME
74,963 candidates registered to sit for the National Form Six Examinations are
expected to sweat it out across the country, beginning this morning. National
Council for Technical Education (NACTE) Executive Secretary Charles Msonde
disclosed in Dar es Salaam yesterday that 63,102 of the candidates are in
formal schools-- 38,618 of them boys and 24,484 are girls.
He said the
rest, 11,861, were private candidates made up of 7,652 males and 4,209 females,
and that the examinations are expecting to end on May 19th this year. Last
year, 65,585 formal secondary education candidates were registered for the
final Form Six exams alongside 9,311 private candidates.
“All
preparations have been completed … including the supply of examinations,
answering booklets and all necessary documents related to examinations on the
Mainland and Isles,” he explained.
Dr Msonde
added that the NACTE would likely to call on the Regional Councils’ examination
committees to make sure all procedures for operating examination were observed
effectively including assuring the safety of examination centres in order to
avoid cheating.
He also called
on examination supervisors to conduct the exams with seriousness they deserved
… with ‘highest rate of integrity’ and warned that the council would take
strict measures to “those who will go against the procedures of operating
exams.”
Dr Msonde
further cautioned that the council would take action against anyone involved in
cheating – all in keeping with “the principles of public service and the law of
the country, including canceling the results of the candidates who are found
involved in acts of fraud.”
“All
stakeholders are requested to provide information to relevant bodies on the
identify of a person or group of persons involved in cheating during the
exams,” he stressed.
The exams CEO
wished all the candidates best in their performance, saying the teachers had
since done their bit in preparing for the tasks that begin today.
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