BY SYLVANA TEKUMAHA
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources (MEHRD) reveals performance of the National Examination results for 2025 across secondary school with strengths in some subjects but ongoing concern in others.
According to the results, the national pass rate for form-3 is 52.9 percent, form-5 with 65 percent and form-6 with 53.8 percent.
This pass rates shows the national percentage of students who have passed all their national examinations, achieving more than 50 in their final scores.
At form-3 level, there remains a significant concern in Mathematics and Science, as for Mathematics only 40 percent of students achieved at or above the expected proficiency levels for whereas 37 percent students did so for Science.
These results highlight the urgent need for continued and targeted interventions to strengthen foundational learning outcomes.
Improved results for form-3 were in Social Studies and English, showing 74.3 percent and 64.3 percent students achieved at or above the expected proficiency levels.
For form-5, highest number of candidates achieved above the national score of 50 in Home Economics (67.6 per cent), Industrial Arts (67.6 percent), Agriculture (65.3 percent), Science (61.8 percent), Business Studies (58.2 percent), New Testament (58 percent), Mathematics (58 percent), Social Studies (57.7 percent) and English (57.7 percent).
The strongest performance for form-6 was recorded in Computer Studies, with 90.3 percent of candidates achieving at or above 50. This was followed by Design Technology with 78.7 percent and Physics with 77.1 percent.
MEHRD officially released the National Examination and Placement Results for form-3, form-5, and form-7 students on January 14 and 16.
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