![]() ![]() In that regard, we have been astonishingly successful. But was it designed to work at all? With these results, the evidence suggests that it was created to generate mediocrity. ![]() The problem is that the system is broken. But that is not it – Tanzanian students, in a different environment, would have performed just as well as others. However, while there are studies that suggest that certain populations are relatively less endowed mentally than others, where factors such as childhood nutrition and genetics apply, our exam results suggest something is seriously wrong with Tanzanians. So, students don’t need to be geniuses to get As and Bs: anyone who applies himself or herself, when the conditions are right, will get As and Bs. Aiming for Failure?Įducation programs in the world are designed in such a way that even people of average intelligence in the population can succeed. However, given our shockingly poor performance even in subjects such as Book Keeping and Commerce, the subjects which lay the foundation for those who will be managing businesses, financial institutions, and the economy in the future, who will step into those crucial roles if we produce 23 As a year? We may as well announce to the world that all future C-level positions will be for foreigners only. But, it feels good to keep talking of STEM, right? Many are underemployed, doing technician jobs. Yes, when you meet a person that is brilliant in maths you just feel like taking your hat off, however, in almost all fields of science, technology, or engineering today, there are more graduates in the streets than Tanzania can absorb. I did STEM and I don’t see what all that hullaballoo is all about. While we are at it, why so few candidates sit for business exams? Lately, so much noise is being made about STEM subjects as if this is some holy grail for national development. Kudos to the teachers that made that happen! Just imagine a nation of 60 million people producing 89 As in Book Keeping and 23 As in Commerce after four years of study! 23 As for 12,672 students? Remarkably, in Additional Mathematics, the subject that requires far superior levels of proficiency, there are 72 As out of 319. Similarly, out of 12,672 that sat for a Commerce exam, only 23 got an A grade. ![]() In 2021, out of 12,054 candidates that sat for Book Keeping exam, only 89 got an A grade. Probably a further review of the situation will help to highlight the need for rapid change. As a result, those who are responsible for this situation are completely off the hook. Unfortunately, the nation suffers from a double burden – on one side people have been so desensitised to failure that it doesn’t bother them anymore, and on the other side the development partners have a very low opinion of us that they would continue to perpetuate the system while knowing that there is hardly anything to show for it. If these results such as these don’t make Tanzanians flinch in horror, they don’t get the minister and team fired, or they don’t make the so-called development partners reconsider their education support unless they see a serious intent on transforming the situation, it is difficult to know what would achieve that. That is, only 8 percent of candidates get a B-average or above, while a whopping 65 percent of candidates get Ds and Fs. ![]() The results show that when Tanzanians sit for secondary school exams, 2 percent will get A grade, 6 percent Bs, 27 percent Cs, 29 percent Ds, and 36 percent Fs. In 2021, on average 335,386 sat for 11 required exams, that is, all exams with the exception of subjects such as Additional Mathematics. Millions have been left behind in the past. That is the number of youngsters who wasted 4 years in school while they could be doing something useful elsewhere. In the past 3 years, 872,000 candidates, that is 65 percent of all form four candidates, got division fours and zeros. The problem is that that joke is not very funny. When Tanzania’s secondary schools results are scrutinised, one of the things that becomes quite clear is that there is a big joke that is being perpetrated in our education system. ![]()
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