STUDENTS who would be found to have been selected to join government secondary schools with dubious qualifications will be discontinued until they qualify after reseating their primary school examinations.
The Acting Commissioner for Education, Ms Mary Stella Wassena, told the ‘Daily News’ on Sunday the ministry is looking into reports that some pupils managed to join secondary schools where it was later found that they can neither read nor write.
She was reacting to a story run by -Daily News’- sister paper, ‘Habari Leo,’ on Sunday that 14 students in Mgololo Secondary School in Mufindi District, Iringa Region failed to cope with studies since they were unable to read and write.
According to the story, the students were discovered after the school gave a basic reading and writing examination, similar to the one done by pupils in standard one and two. The examination was taken by all students from form one to form four.
The Mgololo Secondary School Headmaster, Mr Jumanne Nyaulingo, told our sister paper that he was shocked to find out that the 14 students completely failed to attempt the examination.
The commissioner said the ministry can not let students of such calibre continue with secondary education, as it is against government policy to allow students to progress to a higher class without passing.
“These students are to be sent back to the Regional Education Officer (REO) to establish the grounds that led them to be selected to join form one and the Directorate of School Inspectorate will dig deeper into the matter and report back to my office,” she said.
She insisted that education officers will not be involved in the investigation since they have already shown their weaknesses during the selection exercise of the alleged students.
The commissioner noted if the Mufindi case is established to be true, it would be a repetition of a similar case that occurred in Dar es Salaam last year.
“How they managed to do their examinations is still a puzzle if the case is true. There is something fishy here and we are going to discover it soon,” she pointed out.
Our sister paper quoted Mr Nyaulingo complaining that he didn’t get the co-operation he expected when he reported the matter to Mufindi District Executive Director and the Mufindi District Commissioner.
He was also quoted as saying that when they decided to send back the students to primary school, they were schooling before they were told such a move is against government policy
The Acting Commissioner for Education, Ms Mary Stella Wassena, told the ‘Daily News’ on Sunday the ministry is looking into reports that some pupils managed to join secondary schools where it was later found that they can neither read nor write.
She was reacting to a story run by -Daily News’- sister paper, ‘Habari Leo,’ on Sunday that 14 students in Mgololo Secondary School in Mufindi District, Iringa Region failed to cope with studies since they were unable to read and write.
According to the story, the students were discovered after the school gave a basic reading and writing examination, similar to the one done by pupils in standard one and two. The examination was taken by all students from form one to form four.
The Mgololo Secondary School Headmaster, Mr Jumanne Nyaulingo, told our sister paper that he was shocked to find out that the 14 students completely failed to attempt the examination.
The commissioner said the ministry can not let students of such calibre continue with secondary education, as it is against government policy to allow students to progress to a higher class without passing.
“These students are to be sent back to the Regional Education Officer (REO) to establish the grounds that led them to be selected to join form one and the Directorate of School Inspectorate will dig deeper into the matter and report back to my office,” she said.
She insisted that education officers will not be involved in the investigation since they have already shown their weaknesses during the selection exercise of the alleged students.
The commissioner noted if the Mufindi case is established to be true, it would be a repetition of a similar case that occurred in Dar es Salaam last year.
“How they managed to do their examinations is still a puzzle if the case is true. There is something fishy here and we are going to discover it soon,” she pointed out.
Our sister paper quoted Mr Nyaulingo complaining that he didn’t get the co-operation he expected when he reported the matter to Mufindi District Executive Director and the Mufindi District Commissioner.
He was also quoted as saying that when they decided to send back the students to primary school, they were schooling before they were told such a move is against government policy
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