Education Minister John Phiri has announced that 279 186 candidates that sat for the 2013 Grade Seven Examinations out of 312 443 were selected to Grade 8.This gives a progression rate of 89.36 percent.
Highest progression rate was recorded in Luapula with 100 percent followed by Western Province at 99.3 percent.
Three provinces had rates below 90 percent and these were Northern (85%), Muchinga (80.1%) and Lusaka at 72%.
All the girls who sat the Grade 7 Composite exams in Western and Eastern Provinces were selected to Grade 8 while Luapula was the only one with a 100 percent progression rate for both boys and girls.
The Grade 8 classes will open on Monday, January 13 2014 as per normal school calendar.
And Mr Phiri has announced that a total of 38, 823 were absent making absenteeism rate to stand at 11.30 percent.
He observed that all the provinces recorded an increase in absenteeism and that only one case of exam malpractice from Eastern province was recorded and whose results have since been withheld.
“There has been a slight improvement in quality of passing when compared to the 2012 results and this could be attributed to the implementation of the intervention agreed during the National Performance Review meeting that took place in May this year,” Dr Phiri said.
“Division One bracket passing rate has increased by 1.27 percent. Highest mean score was in Zambian language at 100.30 out of 150 while lowest mean score in Special Paper 2 (Nonverbal Reasoning at 97.60. “
Meanwhile, Dr Phiri says the current curriculum does not equip learners with the life skills and neither does it prepare them adequately for the world of work.
He has announced that the Ministry of Education, Science and Early Education has since completed reviewing the curriculum from Early Childhood Level to Grade 12.
“The revised curriculum which places emphasis on hands on experiences shall be implemented starting January 2014. The curriculum will offer learners options of pursing either the Academic or Vocational career paths depending on their abilities, needs and aspirations,” he said.
Dr Phiri added that the new curriculum will be launched before the schools open on a date to be announced and then it will be rolled out in a phased approach starting with the Early Childhood Education Level and Grade 1, 5,8 and 10.
Well done Luapula and Western Provinces. Interesting analysis and good to see Ministry of Education taking a pragmatic approach to learning in the country. Hope that it will bear some positive outcomes.
I remember when I was in grade 5, because i was this much intelligent I was asked to go to grade 7, where I for 689 which was the highest at the time in the coperbelt
Folks, I am not showwing off, but I got 23 points in grade 12 and easily passed to go to grade 10 (388 points) and thus I consider myself a genius
I am happy thse grade 8’s have made it, but why are the results coming too early, and are they living up to the standards I left when i left zambia considering I have gone on to be doing my PhD?
Good luck to them all, but remember I did hold the torch once, and led the way. WHo ever is holding the torch now, I am happy for them
Have a great weekend people.
Thanks
How can luapula top the list and those lozis who were jailed come second??.. no no this is OPEN tribalism….. luapula came first because of the death of Hon. Sakeni and lozi because they were jail.. so make people feel better you mark their wrong answers right
what about choma results??… you see thats why am saying its tribalism
Mushota ulucikopo. I never went to grade 1 but started in g6 at the age of ten. got 723 at G7 exams,512 at G9 and 6 points at g12 with a distinction at UNZA. At this point I have stopped school until I find someone competent enough to examine me.
@ Shimapalo, it is not how you start but how you end, even in sport, it is not about how one starts but how they end, you may have had those results, but I had no leakage and I am doing my PhD ffs.
Grade 7 689 Marks
Grade 9 388 Marks
Grade 12 23 Points in 5 subjects
I didnt want to go to UNZA I came to England did my ACCA, CIMA and other qualifications, yet you claim to be more intelligent than me?
ludicrous
This is not about me , but about those pupils who have made it to grade 8, I am happy for them, but really, It is not how you start but how you end, could someone here say Amen?
Thanks
Dr Phiri sir what are the choma results??,, you are just mentioning other tribes??
Ndobo
Please stop asking the same stnpid question, everyone knows most of them absconded as they have better things to do e.g looking after cattle and supporting HH. Are you that daft not to know that.
@Ndobo, congratulations for the Lozi kids, they are amazing, now I start to understand why they don’t want to be part of Lusaka, I mean Zambia.
Luapula 100 % means, no child failed or absent. Abakali bakali..
@Nsana wanzili
i dont like like kids you who insult,,you were badily brought up,,, me am not your size..ala iwe!!
Me i discuss issues with men full gusto like Nostradamus.,,, all the same i still want to know why Dr Phiri is not mentioning choma results… this tribalism
@Mushota
Its good that you are happy with low marks like 686 grade 7, 388 grade 9 when some some people who got over 770 in grade 7, over 510 in grade 9 and 12 points in grade 12 never boast like you do. Any way that academic performance is suited for fikwakwa. I am not surprised at all.
On another note thats good news if they are not cooking results to look like their educational policies are working. Apart from that such an analysis would only make sense if the cut off point in all the provinces is the same.
Traditionally Western, North western and Western and Southern provinces had the highest cut off points for grade 7 and 9 ,not sure about grade 12.
Mushota would not have made it to grades 7 and 9 in Southern or Western provinces at all.
The Omega-3 effect works after all.
Folks
Its no coincidence that in these provinces where the cut off point is highest do not subscribe to PF nonsense. These are the provinces which never voted for Sata en masse. Upto now Sata the VSTC will struggle to amass votes from these provinces because there don’t buy cheap lies.
@Wanzelu, cut-off points are not necessarily a reflection of who is clever and who is damn. It is unlike in professional examinations where pass marks are set by percentile. In the Grade 7 and 9 examinations the cut0ff mark is really a representation of the number of available places in Grades 8 ad 10 respectively. In provinces where there are a lot of places available pass marks will be lower and conversely for places with few slots at the higher grades. That is why there is sometimes such a thing as second choice and also some children being transferred to other schools. E.g. from a school in Lusaka to Northern province.
@wanzelu
i have just been talking to Dr PhirI about choma results.. at least i a got an honest answer from him… he told me that any province which want to be number one,,, they must vote for PF,,,,thats also why mansa will have unversity of luapula soon…
and people the south need to do the `wise` thing if they want unversity of choma
Hey guys are schools in Zambia still offering subjects like wood work , metal work and technical drawing? If they are ,then Dr Phiri must modernise by replacing these subjects with Design Technology which teaches kids how to design products while optimising the use of various materials such as composites, plastics in addition to metal and wood. Technical drawing should be replaced with Autocad.
The UK has now incorporated computer programming in their curriculum as well. Pupils will start coding from as young as 8 years old I think.
@Ndobo
Thanks bro.I knew it. This is all political spin to justify the reason why people from Luapula and Northern provinces should be the only ones to get top jobs in government and foreign service.
All this deception will soon catch up with Sata the VSTC(Victoria station Toilet Cleaner in London).
All in all such analysis of results is hugely misleading. Only people with an IQ lower than Sata the VSTC ‘s IQ can buy into such cheap propaganda.
@mop
You are spot on! But then in this day and age our educational system still practices apartheid. This explains why Southern province was the first to introduce basic schools to cater for children who failed to hit the cut off point but would have been selected to go to grade 7 in other provinces.
I hear this f.o.o.l, Sata VSTC,has scrapped basic schools to disadvantage the kids in Southern and Western provinces because they are too clever to buy his deception.
Oh! Zambian politics of education still stinks after so many years of independence.
Folks we need to get together and fix our Mother Zambia by booting out all these political dinosaurs. They have outlived their usefulness. Its time for them to go into oblivion and leave politics to progressive youths in touch with…
@msana wanzili
I now understand why Sata is a graduate in confusion and has a PHD in deception from people like you. Mambala mukali, how does he manage to blindfold people like you?No wonder its normal in some parts of Zambia for a wife to raise income by auctioning her bottom.
Luapula ! Kumwesu kwena nizi.Amano yafuma mwisabi bane.Muli fondola,utuchenje,pale,impifu namakobo.
Iwe Mushota ulikakopo. I am an MBA holder, I had 9 points @ grade 12 & we were the first grd 9s in 1985 & I had 512 points. Now compare this to ur mediocre school results. No wonder your english reads like a pre-school teacher.
Stop displaying your mediocrity here.
@Ndobo, what did J.Phiri tell you was reason of the Tonga failures? You can’t believe funerals between Mazabuka and Monze. Grade 7s are on the age of digging graves, I think my first digging was in grade 6, pupils get affected in attendance.
My point is that places like LAMANSHINGO bar must be closed.
There is nothing special about Luapula for these results. This is JUST a 100% progression rate because there are so many places to be taken up as compared to the number of candidates that wrote the exam….remember we are talking about progression rate not pass rate…….Infact it should have been 150% progression rate.
If you are looking fo a G8 place, just go and ask for it in Luapula…….so many places not taken….But who wants to be in Congo DR?
From the votes against Ndobo it’s clear that Zedians have no sense of humour. The guy is speaking tongue in cheek and although he has a penchance for speaking nonsense one can see he is playing on tribal cousinships and the tendency on this blog for people to see everything through tribal eyes
Iwe MundiaM have respect for pre-school teachers. They don’t churn out such crap language. This one never went past Grade 7 in English grammar
embarrassing when others managed to obtain 791 and 480 graded and nine respectively. 7 points for G12
Really ALL the GIRLS in the entire province progressed to G8. how possible and that means what? very funny indeed. Something so special about Eastern and Western Province uh!!!
Are you still harboring the mentality that some must fail? That is so yesterday. By the way we have a lot to learn from the Finland experience. Teaching is an extremely lucrative and competitive profession and passing is almost guaranteed full-fold!
@Kalok,
The latest report on country academic league tables show Finland slowly slipping behind most countries in Europe. And the whole of Europe is now trailing behind India,South korea, China ,Japan and Malaysia. If we are to copy anything Asia is region we should be looking up to right now. Economists are predicting that Asia will be leading the rest of world economically in 10 years from now. And China and India will be calling the shots in world affairs.
If the Progressing Rate is high it means that there are alot of places at the next level. It is not pass rate!! Consider the situation in Lsk & CB….The demand for places at the next level is much higher as compared to Luapula and Eastern Province…….. The concept is progression Rate…Just for the sake of data: In 2014 for instance, Lusaka will have 22 new junior Secondary schools and therefore, the progression Rate will improve(increased).
This when statistics stop making sense. I think either Luapula has low number of candidates and to fill the vacancies into grade 8 everybody went through or disproportionate more grade 8 places. However, given that it is a rural province would imagine that the average candidate score for Luapula province is at the lower end.
Surprising that ka Mushota has been pursuing PhD since the year Arsenal last won the English Premier League. The period is quite unprecedented in UK, even for a part-time PhD.
He will never finish.
Mushota could be ABD. A lot get mired at that stage of their PhD.
Well, she might be like those shushushu students we used call career student at UNZA in them days. They never completed any course but hopped from one course to another within the school of Fikwakwa.
@Wanzelu
Hahahaha. During my time we had a guy called Big Mwape, he finally managed to graduated after so many years.
Keep Aresenal out of Mushotas calamitous academic record
But Luapula nizi twalasa bawesu kwesu uko tusamba panika
Job well done Luapula, its your time to shine sky is the limit.
SELECTION: is about how many places are available, so Luapula had more places than the number of pupils. is that clear morons?
PASSING: which has nothing to do with this story, refers to the actual grades that a pupil obtains. Luapula could even have been the lowest, but they had enough places and selected everyone.
Do they still have this cut off point thing? Yes, the progression rate for Luapula could have been higher but maybe the cut off point was lower. During our time provinces such as Southern Province had a higher cut off point. If Mushota went to school in Southern Province she certainly would never had made it. 680s and 23 points in 5 subjects is not something to boast about. In our time people who got 23 points is 6 subjects cried.
Mushota i salute you, you extremely did well because i remember those days we never heard of leakage. If there was any leakage then it meant a broken pipe somewhere and not what we hear of today. Certain things were just unheard of, i.e., defilement, corruption, etc. I got 21 points too and it was great jubilation for the family because those were genuinely fought and worked for results. Mushota the education system is slowly improving in our country. By next week we will be finishing marking the grade 9s as so we expect grade 10 selection to be done before the end of this year. The idea is to have the grade 8s and 10s on the very first day of opening so as to move together. Observation has been that grade 10, work is pushed to grade 11, grade 11 work to grade 12 and grade 12 to the world.
“10 Big Fat Cows are better than a thousand mulnorished cows”! There are more places in Luapula at every level than demand. The demand and supply principle can tell us that the cut off- points were too low because there were few pupils who sat for G7. Before 1990 some schools like Luamfwe and Mukumbwa in Mwense, Luapula were writing composite exams in G4 to compete for afew places in G5. This helped to produce quality pupils like me. Hon. Phiri please check the school fees at Lukwesa Secondary School are too high for a rural child. Please ask Hon Mabumba to go to his constiency and check. This is a fact.
Liverpool! Representing &Topping for sure! Osati miti iyo! Ala naifwe tuli nemano
selection to grade 8 is not based on performance but on availability of places.
Luapula had the highest progression because they had enough places in grade 8 for all those that were in grade 7. Eventually when all provinces achieve 100% progression the’ll be no need for the grade seven exam just like we don’t have grade four exam anymore. The revised curriculum sounds like a very good idea. Hats off to the minister and all those behind it.
@ Sunrise, good article, very progressive.
Very good results. Welcome to secondary school life.
top10 RANKINGIN SOUTHERNPROVINCE
1.Livingstone
2.Sinazongwe
3.Mazabuka
4.Siavonga
5.Monze
6.Choma
7.Ngwembe
8.Namwala
9.Kalomo
10.Kazungula
if every pupil is able to go to gr 8 then what’s the purpose of having these exams and at great expense.is it really possible that all the gr 7s in luapula are that gud enough to proceed and sit for gr 9 exam in 2yrs time?I guess Dr Phiri would ve stopped talking about leakages by then.what’s the objective of ‘education for all’ if not just as a political slogan?
Luapula and Western is where they eat more fish, I reckon.
SINCE WHEN DID BA TUBULU BECOME INTELLIGENT? WE ARE JUST FISHERMEN. NO TIME FOR BOOKS. BUFI TO PLEASE SOMEONE.
Iwe Musonda uletekanya, ba TUBULU ARE very intelligent people and that’s why they are able to catch IMPENDE, IMILONGE, BAPALE, KASEPA, IMBOWA, the list is endless from deep waters even under extreme weather. ABA BANTU BALICHENJELA SANAAAAAA
Great move indeed and hope for more things to come our way!
We thought Dr Phiri will tell us what he is going to do with those government school teachers who did not deliver results? Were these teachers doing their work? How do we plan to monitor their performance in future?
Parents have to spend extra money on private tuitions for their children. Is that fair?
Since the private schools have outperformed government schools, has the education minister considered the option of privatizing most of the underperforming schools? This is also an opportunity for public private partnerships!
The learning environment also matters for both the teachers and students! Beautiful infrastructure has a profound impact on the young learning mind!
Try also to innovate and partner with DSTV and deliver lessons electronically.
An overhaul of the system is…
congratulation to the young boys and girls, jealous down
Mushota, I don’t know what year it was when you got those results you are publishing, but in my time, you could not have gone to UNZA with those points, so is it true that you did not want to go to UNZA or you did not just qualify.
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