The Sunday News
Peter Matika, Senior Reporter
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has announced that 2019 Grade Seven results are out, with girls continuing to outshine boys.
In a statement on Friday, Zimsec chairperson Professor Eddie Mwenje said candidates will be able to collect their results as from Monday.
“In 2019 more female candidates were registered than their male counterparts and it can be noted that they performed better than the males since 2015 and the margin between the performance of male and female candidates was widest in 2019 at 6.34 percent,” said Prof Mwenje.
He said the total number of candidates who sat for the 2019 Grade Seven examinations was 323 207.
“This is 1.06 percent lower than the October 2018 entry which was 326 685. The 2019 national pass rate is 46.9 percent, which is a decrease on the 2018 pass rate of 52 percent.
“Although the national pass rate decreased by 5.18 percent a pass rate of more than 50 percent was recorded in all subjects,” said Prof Mwenje.
He said indigenous languages again recorded the highest subject pass rates.
“Shona and Ndebele recorded pass rates above 80 percent Kalanga, Xichangana and Tshivenda recorded pass rates of above 70 percent, while Tonga and Nambya recorded over 60 percent,” said Prof Mwenje.
He said Sesotho was assessed for the first time and recorded 68.48 percent.
Prof Mwenje however, said there was a decrease in the pass rate of learners with special needs.
“…however the performance of candidates for Braille and Large print and hard hearing and Physical Impairments was comparable to the national pass rate,” said Prof Mwenje.
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