UPDATED | FORM FIVE SELECTION 2021 | ORODHA YA MAJINA YA WANAFUNZI WALIOCHAGULIWA KIDATO CHA TANO 2021
The number of students selected to join Form Five for Government schools and colleges of education and vocational training in 2021 has increased by 14 percent.
The increase comes after the total number of candidates selected to join Form Five for Government schools and colleges of education and vocational training in 2021 to 148,127 from 129,854 in 2020.
This was stated today, Tuesday, June 01, 2021 by the Minister of State, Office of the President, Regional Administration and Local Government (Tamisemi) Ummy Mwalimu while speaking to reporters in Dodoma.
She said the selection was based on the statistics of students who took the exam in 2020 from mainland Tanzania where the candidates who got first to third grade were 153,464 including 67,135 girls and 86,329 boys, equivalent to 35.06 percent of all candidates.
She said in the case of independent candidates who completed Form Four in 2020 under the Institute of Adult Education who received first to third grade were 479 with 289 girls and 190 boys.
However Minister Ummy said in holding the selection they did not put students with special needs back in joining the admission.
"The number of students qualified to join the admission also includes 288 students with special needs including 123 girls and 165 boys," She said.
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