TANZANIA: Catholic Schools Shine in 2025 Form Four National Examination Results
Dalphina Rubyema
Catholic schools in Tanzania continue to excel, according to the 2025 Form Four National Examination, recently released by the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA), with St. Francis School of the Archdiocese of Mbeya emerging as the national top performer.
Furthermore, 78 out of the 274 Catholic schools achieved an average grade of A. Of these schools, 71 had more than 40 candidates, while seven had fewer than 40 candidates.
According to the statistics, 19,031 of 19,398 candidates from Catholic schools attained Division One to Division Three, representing 98.1 percent of all candidates from Catholic institutions.
In an interview with the Head of the Education Department of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC), Sr. Joyce Mboya, said the proportion of candidates attaining Division One to Three increased by 0.38 percent compared to 2024, when the pass rate stood at 97.72 percent out of 19,182 candidates.
Furthermore, Sr. Mboya said, among the 2025 candidates, 13,560 students, equivalent to 68.87 percent, attained Division One; 4,436 students (22.86 percent), attained Division Two; 1,235 students, equivalent to 6.36 percent, attained Division Three; while 350 students, or 1.8 percent, attained Division Four.
“These are very good results, as 78 schools attained an average grade of A, 161 schools attained grade B, 34 schools attained grade C, and one school attained grade D. No school recorded an average grade of F,” said Sr. Mboya.
Sr. Mboya congratulated all education stakeholders in Catholic schools, including Bishops, Diocesan Education Secretaries, school management teams, teachers, and other staff, for their contribution to these achievements.
She noted that, despite challenges related to infrastructure, human resources, and teaching materials in meeting the requirements of the 2023 Competence-Based Curriculum, Catholic schools have still achieved commendable results.
However, she urged school heads to intensify efforts to fully eliminate Division Four and zero results, while continuing to support slow learners and to emphasize moral and ethical formation for both teachers and students.
“The Church has a mission to liberate the human person both physically and spiritually. That is why I emphasize values, quoting His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, who insists that education should build the dignity of the human person, nurture the desire to seek truth, freedom, compassion, and the ability to make good decisions,” she said.
She concluded by calling upon school heads to love and care for teachers and students, stressing that they are the bearers of the Church’s vision in the education sector.
“I invite school heads to love and care for teachers and students so that they may experience God in their daily lives,” emphasized Sr. Joyce Mboya.
