Primary School Leaving Examination (Tanzania) Explained

The Primary School Leaving Examination (Tanzania) (PSLE) is a primary education examination that is done by Standard 7 students (7th grade) across Tanzania and serves as the secondary school entrance exam. The exams are usually administered between late June to early or mid-August and are managed by the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA). Students are required to obtain three credits to pass the exams.[1] Critiques of the PSLE include the inability to reflect the abilities of students often found with examinations, with a particular twist given Tanzania's rising primary attendance and graduation rates:[2] Further, the PSLE is conducted in English, which provides significant institutional barriers to Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students in a country where between 120 and 164 languages are spoken,[3] the lone national language is Kiswahili, and English integration in Tanzanian daily life has been far less successful than in other former British colonies in East Africa, like Kenya.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Necta | Psle Results . 2018-06-13 . 2022-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220119054805/https://necta.go.tz/psle_results . dead .
  2. Book: Complementary Basic Education in Tanzania (COBET): Evaluation of the Pilot Project. . 2006 . UNICEF Tanzania . Dar Es Salaam .
  3. ojs.ub.gu.se/ojs/index/php/modernasprak/article/download/1187/1026