Iringa: THE National Form Four Examinations which kicked off on November 2nd this year are progressing well, but some education stakeholders advised the government through National Educational Council of Tanzania (NECTA) to provide ‘special exams’ for candidates who are ill, injured or bereaved.
According to one education practitioner, who is also community development and project management personnel, Creptone Madunda, stress of compressing months of hard work into couple of hours takes its toll on body and mind.
He told the Guardian on Sunday yesterday that during the summer exam season, thousands of students have to sit papers in discomfort or in extreme cases, miss them altogether.
“For instance, someone has bad fever or maybe they have broken their arms, so they cannot write properly…,” Madunda expressed.
He urged the government through NECTA which oversees O-level and A-level exams to allow ‘special arrangement’ for those suffering ‘temperately disabilities’, illness and dispositions to sit for exams.
He said the recommends that affected candidates must reach the school/education officers as soon as possible so that in turn can contact exams board straight away.
“It may be possible to take students’ condition into account when their papers are marked,” he pointed out.
In the current situation candidates are forced to do their exams while on hospital beds with drips and surrounded by police and invigilators.
He said the government should come up with new idea of handling the exams for candidates who are ill and have family problems before the exams approaching.
He said the must be a report from ward education coordinator and district education officers to examination council of Tanzania (NECTA) and ministry of education.
He said they must be good coordination between the ward education officers, district education officers, students and NECTA.
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