http://www.kujali.org/2013/05/10/despair-abounds-among-post-secondary-youth-in-tanzania/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=despair-abounds-among-post-secondary-youth-in-tanzania Learning Innovations for Underserved Youth Sat, 21 Sep 2024 18:04:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 http://www.kujali.org/2013/05/10/despair-abounds-among-post-secondary-youth-in-tanzania/#comment-84 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:04:24 +0000 http://www.kujali.org/?p=2749#comment-84 Over the Christmas holidays, Tanzanians were shocked and bemused to receive the outcomes of the Primary School Leaving Examinations (PSLE) taken by students around 14-15 years old in age and are usually considered necessary to enter secondary school. National pass rates (grades A-C) were reported as having plummeted from 57% in 2011 to 30% in 2012, that’s almost halved – not one half of a percentage point drop. It was reported that in two rural Western regions that 48 schools had no students pass at all . However, not all failing students face ruin. It appears that entry requirements into secondary school will be relaxed, as the government continues to expand access to secondary education (enrolment rates have tripled since 2005).

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