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Grade 7 Pass Rate Falls... Girls Outperform Boys

2 years agoThu, 01 Dec 2022 06:04:58 GMT

Grade 7 Pass Rate Falls... Girls Outperform Boys

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) is yet to establish why the Grade Seven pass rate in 2022 was lower than that recorded in 2021 considering that there were far fewer disruptions.

In 2020 and 2021, learning was disrupted by several COVID-19-induced lockdowns while in 2022, learning activities were back to normal apart from some delays during the first term.

ZIMSEC on Wednesday released the Grade 7 results, with a 40. 09 percent pass rate, marginally below the 41.13 per cent pas rate of last year.

Girls, with a 43.66 percent pass rate, did a lot better than boys who had a 3622 per cent pass rate.

Speaking in Harare on Wednesday after the announcement of the 2022 Grade Seven public examination results, ZIMSEC board chair Professor Eddie Mwenje said:

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The reasons are sometimes very difficult to establish until you do a deep analysis of the results which we do normally just to advise the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education on certain aspects.
Given that this year students received much more time for learning than in the previous year, they ought to have done better.

ZIMSEC director Lazarus Nembaware said continuous assessment learning activity (CALA) could be one of the factors. He said:

It could be other reasons, which we will look into but as of now, we also think that candidates are still settling into the CALA component.
This is the second year in which CALA has been part and parcel of the examination system so it could be that and we will look into those areas more critically after the release of these results.

ZIMSEC said it recorded a higher number of candidates writing the exam than did so last year. It said:

A total of 343 169 candidates sat for the 2022 Grade Seven examinations as compared to 325 573 candidates who sat for the same examinations in 2021, showing a 5.4 percent increase in candidature, that is an additional 17 596 candidates.

ZIMSEC also advised that the collection of results from regional offices will start this Thursday while the online viewing platform was activated on Wednesday. | The Herald

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18 Comments

orobm · 2 years ago

tikurova dombo

juru · 2 years ago

I'm sorry olive my wife

terri · 2 years ago

i think the curriculum is far too hard for the average child

Nyasha Blessing Madododo · 2 years ago

If it was issue ye love both the boys and girls were supposed to fail coz mkomana haadanani ega anodanana ne msikana I think the load is too much for those small minds zvimwe zvinhu zvacho zvavanoitiswa Chero munhu muhombe unotogwinya kuti umubetsere ,,back in the days isu tainyora multiple choice then at secondary wotanga kudzidza what is History,What is Science etc coz yo mind would have matured

T · 2 years ago

Personally i think that boys should pull up their socks coz u used to be gud at school but now ur just having girlfriends and falling in love , ur not the age plus those girls which ur falling in love with thier perfoming outstandingly leavinv u perfoming dismally so boys can you b3 serious with ur lives and academics.

Nero's Twin · 2 years ago

Most elements of Dokora's reforms must be rolled back. He smuggled many immoral and useless elements into our highly esteemed curriculum.

... · 2 years ago

CaLA pluz maTeacher haana marii vanodzidzisaaa sei vasingatambireeee

days of grace · 2 years ago

mwanasikana ngaarambe achiiswa mberi aende mberi nedzidzo imi pano dai magona maita ma scholarship evasikana vagona kuti vadzidze vaende mberi kusvikira pavanenge vagumira vachengetwa varega kukanganiswa nevarume nekuvapa nhumbu

T · 2 years ago

Nhai amai vese vana uye vanhu vanofanira kuremekedzwa sevanhu vamwe ivo vasikana vacho havasi varikuita ma early pregnances imi

Anonymous · 2 years ago

Boys underperforming girls because they are being neglected in society...being ignored makes them stress and end up not performing well Gender equality is one of the reason we have these results..on paper it exists but paground its one sided...pane kuti vana vabatwe equally girls are first in line and get better treatment izvi zvirikukanganisa mwanakomana psychologically ...the same mistake is just on repeat When boys were viewed as more important zvaikanganisa vanasikana Instead of handling them equally tangoita the opposite and the boy child is suffering Balance and hendle them equaly Vese vamhu

Phidza Phidza · 2 years ago

Ma teacher ari pa go slow plus icho chi CALA its a burden kuvana, , ipai ma teacher mari svinu muone zvinoitika

pk · 2 years ago

it shows there were no leakages of grade 7 exam paper

Anonymous · 2 years ago

The revised curriculum (@Lazarus Dokora) is the one that has caused all the problems for our brilliant children. The work is too involved and cumbersome for their age. At ECD B level you find they are expected to do grade two stuff. The CALAs component is not a problem but we urge the second administration to reduce the number of subjects to be reduced to 5 not 10.

kawuluka Binga · 2 years ago

change the syllabus, back to 1997 one, cause Teachers are falling to explain and teach what CALA is.

Vesto · 2 years ago

ZIMSEC should not worry about explanations for low pass rate. The answer is simple as the President always says - SANCTIONS

Farai Sonzawabura · 2 years ago

🤣🤣🤣 Wandipedza

Anonymous · 2 years ago

Zvima grade 7 boys zvakurohwa ne mbanje

Tateguru · 2 years ago

I think the problem is with the melting economy. Many boys are either gold panning or at money-games, soccer, snooker etc and they no time for CALA. Numerous girls came to me for help in CALA and not even one boy approached me. Boys are not into CALA.