Five Basic schools scored 100 percent passing marks, including two catholic institutions, in the final exams in Central Equatoria state despite this year’s overall bigger failure percentage.
The results for the Basic School Leaving Certificate were announced yesterday in the state.David Lowela, Director General in the ministry of Education Central Equatoria state, told journalists that the passing average was lower than last year: 52.1 per cent of over 3000 students who sat for the exam passed compared with last year’s 53.4 percent.
Mr. Lowel said that Saint Joseph, Mahad and Ustratuna were among the five best schools in the state that scored a 100 percent passing mark.
He added that private and church schools did much better than the ones run by the government with a 70 percent passing average against the 52.2 percent mark scored by public schools.
Mr. Lowela explained that the dramatic performance of public schools is due to the presence of over 1000 unqualified teachers.
Mr. Lowela said that most of the teachers employed in public schools are un-trainable and urged the government to substitute them.
He added that the best pupil in the state was from Mahad Basic School with the total score of 238.
The final results show that 55.8 percent of boys passed the exam and while only 47.3 percent of girls were promoted to secondary school.