Improved exam outcomes for 2025 compared to 2024, says Education ministry
BY SYLVANA TEKUMAHA
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources (MEHRD) national examination results show improvement in 2025 results compared to that of 2024.
According to data for form-3, the progression rate to form-4 was 84.1 percent, an increase of 27 percent compared to 2024.
Female students who progressed from form-3 to form-4 is at 53 percent, an improvement in education access to secondary schools.
There is an improvement from 3.4 percent compared to 2024 for form-5, with the transition rate of 44.7 percent.
Female participation was higher with 3,438 sitting for the form-5 examinations whereas there were only 3,234 male students.
For form-6, there is improvement in student access, with an increase of 17.1 percent in 2024 to 19 percent in 2025, showing a 2 percent gain.
The 2025 examination outcomes show an encouraging improvement in access to secondary education, with more students progressing through the school system compared to previous years, reflecting the country’s continued support for student learning.
MEHRD acknowledges that access to secondary education remains a challenge and will require collective efforts of all stakeholders to ensure there is greater opportunity for children to complete secondary education.
The results were signed by supervising Minister of MEHRD Jimson Tanangada on January 14 and 16.
Tanangada congratulated all students who sat the 2025 national examinations and acknowledged the collective efforts of parents, guardians, teachers, and school leaders across the country in supporting students’ learning.
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