Examinations Council of Zambia
Examinations Council of Zambia

2020 GCE PASS RATE INCREASES
By Chileshe Mwango
The 2020 external Grade 9 and General Certificate Examinations -GCE- have revealed an increase in females wishing to improve themselves academically over the males.
The number of registered female candidates at both Grade 9 and GCE External Examinations for females was twice that of males with 67,843 girls for grade nine while 59,318 boys registered as candidates.

Meanwhile of the 118,225 registered candidates in 2020, 39,523 were male and 78,702 were female.

And announcing the results at a media briefing in Lusaka yesterday, General Education Minister Dennis Wanchinga described the development as good, saying this new trend will increase the number of females in decision making positions.

And Dr. Wanchinga also disclosed that of the 109,547 candidates that sat for the examination, a total of 98,043 candidates obtained the General Certificate Of Education-GCE-, representing an increase from 96,019 who obtained the GCE in 2019.
Dr. Wanchinga has also disclosed that 96,424 passed the 2020 Grade 9 External Examinations out of the 115,732 who sat the examination.

He however expressed concern that majority of the candidates at both GCE and External Grade 9 Examination performed well in French and failed in Religious Education –RE-, despite the country being a Christian Nation.

And Dr. Wancchinga has disclosed that his ministry will in future examinations put up strict measures in curbing impersonation which he says is the new phenomenon in examination malpractice.

Dr. Wanchinga said despite the absence of leakages of examination question papers during the conduct of the 2020 Grade 9 External and GCE examinations sixty (60) cases of suspected examination malpractices were reported during the 2020 Grade 9 External examination while one hundred three (103) cases of suspected examination malpractice were reported in the 2020 GCE examination.
He revealed that the cases recorded were in form of smuggling unauthorized material into the examination room, collusion, copying, impersonation and assistance.
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Results can now be accessed via the SMS Results Release System (SRRS) using a mobile phone. This service is available on MTN, Airtel and Zamtel Networks respectively (TCs apply).

To access the results:
– open your message pad on your mobile phone
– type the full examination number and leave a space
– type the exam year which is 2020, leave another space and then,
– type the level which is either G12 or G9 and,
– send the message to 8383

Kindly note that the results from the SMS System are just a notification. ECZ shall make available official Statements of Results within 5 working days on the e-Statement platform.

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