Sheila Ponnie
Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Female students bossed their male colleagues in the Secondary School Examinations results released by the Central Equatoria State.
The State Minister of Education, Cirisio Zechariah, read out the overall performance of the academic section by gender, revealing that the girl child had really improved in the commercial and technical schools.
“The results show that female candidates outperformed male candidates, with 98.1 per cent of female candidates passing the examinations compared to 97.1 per cent of male candidates,” he stated.
“The total number of females who sat for the exams was 5,691 and the number of girls who passed was 5,582 with a percentage of 98.1,” he added.
In the 2022/2023 academic year, the total number of secondary education students who sat for the exams in the state was 13,894, with 13,546 excelling with 97.4 per cent.
The minister said the general performance index of schools in Central Equatorial State in the secondary education examinations in 2022-2023 was greater than 75 per cent.
He stated that the state’s school efficiency has gotten better in comparison to previous years.
“When compared to male students, female students perform better in commercial sections overall, with 96.2 per cent,” he argued.
“93.1 per cent shows a total of 79 females who sat for the exams and 76 passed with a percentage of 96.2 and the total number of students and there were 137 people who sat for the exanimation, and 130 people passed with a percentage of 94.9,” he read.
In the 2021/2022 academic year, the total number of secondary education students who sat for the exams in the state was 10,484, with 9,999 passing with a percentage of 95.4 per cent.
“The results show that female candidates outperformed male candidates, with 95.5 per cent of female candidates passing the examinations compared to 95.2 per cent of male candidates,” says Ciresio Zechariah told last year
Infographics
The performance of the students in S4 by gender
Performance in 2022-2023 in comparison to the previous three years in Central Equatorial State
Source: The City Review South Sudan
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