Eastern Equatoria Education minister defended the performance of the state in the 2013 Sudan School Certificate exams saying the curriculum was outdated.
Michael Lopuke Lotyam told state Legislative Assembly MPS that results rating the state among the worst performers were not legitimate, Emmanuel Radio reported.
He noted that Eastern Equatoria performed poorly because it phased out Sudan School curriculum last year ago.
He stressed that only returnee students from Khartoum sat the exams in order to give them a chance to complete their secondary level.
The minister said Eastern Equatoria reached a better education level in the South Sudan curriculum since 2008.
Mr Lopuke explained that citizens voted Sudanese curriculum out through the 2011 self-determination referendum.
The Minister described the exams as a ‘fantasy’ and asked the state legislatures not to rely on the results.
He added that the exams papers were printed in markets and made available for sale.
Mr Lopuke blasted that an officer killed on the eve of the exams while transporting papers to Torit by public means was not educationists.
He called on legislators to formulate tougher rules and regulations to minimize exams malpractices.
Torit Day Secondary was the only school in Eastern Equatoria where students sat for the exams set in Juba under Sudan curriculum.
Among 35 students who sat for sciences 10 failed while 48 students who sat for arts passed and 51 failed.