The 2013 Grade 12/General
Certificate of Education (GCE) results have been released. This was announced
by the Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education-
Dr John Phiri at a Press Briefing held today Wednesday, 5th February 2014 at
the Ministry of Education Headquarters in Lusaka.
SMS RESULTS RELEASE SYSTEM
The Examinations Council of
Zambia (ECZ) wishes to inform candidates and the general public that you can
now access the 2013 Grade 12/GCE results using the ECZ SMS Results Release
System. The system enables you to obtain examination results via SMS using the
mobile phone.
All you need to do is to;
·
Open message pad on your mobile phone and type
the following:
·
Full 10 digit Examination Number (leave space)
·
Examination Year (Leave space)
·
Examination Grade and then
·
Send to 8383
This service is currently
available to Zamtel Subscribers only at a cost of ZMW 4 for each successful
transmission. Note that you can only access results for the examinations
conducted by the Examinations Council of Zambia in 2013 after official release.
Be informed that you can now
access 2013 Grade7, Grade 9, Grade 12/GCE and Teacher Education examination
results using your mobile phone on the SMS System.
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2013 GRADE 12/GCE
EXAMINATION
1.0. CANDIDATURE
The year 2013 recorded more
candidates entering the Grade 12 Examinations with 106,956 entering in 2013 as
compared to 105,825 candidates in the year 2012 representing a 1.07 percent
increase. The number of girls who entered the examination in 2013 decreased by
about 0.38 percent while that of boys increased by about 2.17 Percent.
2.0. GENERAL PERFORMANCE
2.1. School Certificates
The proportion of candidates
obtaining certificates increased by 2.13 percent from 58.08 percent in the year
2012 to 60.21 percent in 2013.The proportion of boys with certificates
increased to 61.98 percent from 60.47 percent in 2012 and the proportion of
girls obtaining certificates increased from 54.98 percent in 2012 to 57.85
percent in 2013.
Muchinga and Southern provinces
recorded a larger proportion of candidates obtaining certificates (69.16% and
64.47% respectively) during the year under review, followed by Eastern and
Lusaka provinces which recorded increases of 64.25 percent and 61.59 percent
respectively. Luapula and Western provinces recorded the lowest proportion of
candidates that obtained School Certificates (51.19% and 53.02% respectively).
Muchinga, North-western,
Copperbelt and Central provinces recorded an increase in the proportions of
candidates that obtained School Certificates in 2013 compared to 2012 while
Northern, Luapula, Lusaka and Eastern recorded a reduction in the proportion of
candidates that obtained School Certificates in 2013 compared to 2012. Overall,
the Nation recorded an increase of 2.13 percent in the proportion of candidates
that obtained school certificate.
2.2. General Certificate of
Education (GCE)
There was marginal reduction in
the proportion of learners who obtained GCE certificates in 2013 compared to
2012 (from 39.77 percent in the year 2012 to 38.09 percent in the year 2013).
The provinces which recorded the highest proportion of candidates who obtained
GCE were: Luapula Province (46.27%), Western Province (43.93%) and Northern
Provinces (42.42%). Muchinga province recorded the lowest proportion of
candidates that obtained the General Certificates of Education (GCE).
More than 2 percent of the proportion
of candidates that sat the examination in Western, Central, Luapula and
Northern provinces completely failed the examination. Muchinga, Lusaka and
Eastern provinces on the other hand recorded the least proportion of candidates
that failed the examinations. A comparison of the proportion of candidates that
completely failed the examination between 2012 and 2013 indicated that
North-western and Central provinces showed a reduction in the number of
candidates failing the examinations.
3.0. ABSENTEEISM
During the 2013 grade 12
examination season, the rate of absenteeism was at 2.01 percent compared to
1.86 in percent in 2012. Four provinces namely – Muchinga, Luapula, Southern
and North-western provinces recorded a reduction in the number of candidates
absent from the examination.
Western and Central provinces
recorded the highest rate of absenteeism in 2013 with 2.91 percent and 2.53
percent respectively while Muchinga and Southern provinces recorded the lowest
rates of absenteeism being 1.60 and 1.63 percent respectively.
4.0. COLLECTION OF 2013 RESULTS
TRANSCRIPTS
Please ensure that you obtain the
results from the School/Centre where you wrote the examination from. No results
shall be collected from the Ministry of Education Headquarters, Provincial
Education Office, District Education Board Secretary or Examinations Council of
Zambia Secretariat.
Issued by: Information, Education
and Communications Specialist Examinations Council of Zambia
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