The Minister of Education has advised students who did not pass the national secondary school leaving exams to go for a retake, and start together with others since there are available places in schools.
This comes after the Ministry of Education released the results of students who sat for the secondary school leaving exams in the 2024-2025 academic year.
The Ministry revealed that out of the 106,418 candidates who registered for the national secondary school leaving exams, 106,079 managed to sit.
Out of those who sat, 94,409 passed, representing 89%. Among them, boys passed at 93.5%, while girls passed at 85.5%.
The Minister of Education, Nsengimana Joseph, said that those who did not manage to pass should consider retaking the exams since there are available spaces in schools.
He said, “My advice to these children who did not manage to pass is that there are indeed available places. If you retake, since they are few, they can go back to school, repeat the year, and be supported so that they too can succeed and continue their studies.”
He continued, “I remind you that this learning pathway this year starts in Senior Four, meaning that in Senior Five and Senior Six, they still do the usual combinations. Therefore, the students who are repeating this year can retake without going into the new system.”
It is the first time that the results of secondary school leavers were released before the new school year started, which the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) says was done so that those who failed and will be repeating can begin together with others.
Among students in general education, 61,942 had registered, but 61,737 sat; of those, 83.8% passed.
In Technical, Vocational, and Education Training (TVET), 36,141 sat for the national exams, and 35,393 passed, representing 98%.
In professional studies, 8,222 had registered, 8,201 sat, and 89.8% passed.
All 438 students in Nursing passed, and among 3,829 in TTC (Teacher Training Colleges), only seven failed. Out of 3,916 accounting (finance) students, 825 failed.
Looking at performance by subject areas: among 41,182 science students, 81.45% passed; among 10,091 humanities students, 90.78% passed; and among 10,410 language students, 86.1% passed.
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