MARTIN MAWAYA
HARARE-The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) June 2023 Ordinary and Advanced Level results are out with the overall pass rate significantly improved compared to 2020 in the same period.
ZIMSEC board chairperson, Prof Eddie Mwenje said O’ level candidates performance for this year increased to 27.12% from 17.91 in 2020 and the A’ Level pass rate rose to 75.89% from 67.06% in June 2020.
“A total of 365 candidates registered for 5 or more subjects of which 99 candidates passed 5 or more subjects with grade C or better in June 2023. This translated to a national pass rate of 27.12%.
“In comparison in the June 2020 session, 3501 candidates wrote 5 or more subjects and 627 of these passed 5 or more subjects with Grade C or better resulting in a national pass rate of 17.19 %.
“The pass rate for school candidates in the June 2023 session was 69.84% while private candidates recorded a pass rate of 4.6%.
“Adding that on Advanced level “the total number of candidates who sat for examination was 256. Of these, 112 write two or more subjects and 85 obtained Grade E or better in two or more subjects. This translated to 75.89% pass rate,” he said.
He however said the O’ Level for June 2023 total candidature dropped by 28 962, reflecting a 53% decline compared to candidates who sat in 2020.
“A total number of 21683 candidates registered and sat for a range of subjects from one to eight compare to 54645 candidates in June 2020. There were 14 special needs candidates in June 2023. The total candidates decreased by 28962, a percentage decrease of 53%.
“In the June 2023 Ordinary Level examinations, the number of school candidates was 1746 and the number of private candidates was 19937,” added Mwenje.
He said failure to fulfil the Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALA) by potential candidates resulted in the decline of candidates.
The ZIMSEC statistics shows that this year’s A’ level candidature dropped by 4802.
The figures further revealed that “the total number of school candidates in the June 2023 session was 100. Of these 33 wrote two or more subjects and 27obtained Grade E or better in two or more subjects, yielding 81.81% pass rate.
The total number of private candidates was 156. Of these, 79 wrote two or more subjects and 58 obtained a Grade E or better in two or more subjects, which also translates into a percentage pass rate of 73.41%”.
