Martin Tako, Deputy Minister of General Education and Instruction/Photo/Lou Nelson

The National Examinations Council has declared Primary and Secondary Schools’ nation-wide exams will commence on 20 November and 4 December 2023 respectively.

“I take this opportunity to inform the parent, and stakeholders that all processes of the 2023 Certificate of Primary Exams have been put in place and the examination dates have been fixed,” announced Martin Tako the Deputy Minister of General Education and Instruction.

69,573 Primary Eight Candidates including 28,575 males and  30,908 females are scheduled to sit for the exams from 20^th to 24 of November 2023.

The figure has shown an increase of 80,731 (14.4) pupils seating in the final exams with the number of girls exceeding their male counterparts by over 2,000 pupils.

44, 999 Senior Four Candidates including, 28, 289 (males 63%) and 16, 685 (37%) females will sit for the nationwide exams starting from 4^th to 14 December 2024.

878 refugees are among the seating candidates, according to the council.

The candidates are registered from 500 schools across the country with an increase of over 9,412 including 4, 600 females – accounting for 21 percent compared to the 5,000-increment last year.

“I want to draw special attention to the supervisors, invigilators, monitors, security, and the police that, the credibility and integrity of the exams are of greatest significance to the whole country,” Tako warned.