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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Professor Tailoka is probably the Father of Mathematics in Zambia. The man managed to push his maths textbook to become a standard mathematics high school book.<\/p>\n

Since late 90s, all Students in Zambia have been required to write Zambian GCSE. Thanks to Tailoka. Before, Zambia didn\u2019t have its own exams. ECZ brought in the Cambridge exams, blue paper. Today, Zambia is proud to have its own exams. Even top private schools have adopted the Zambian examinations.<\/p>\n

Writing Cambridge exams whilst studying in Zambia is currently only available to top expensive private schools. These schools are some of the best with 99% of their students obtaining top marks in all exams. Then someone gets 40% and Zambia honours him with a seat in parliament. Ok. It was ok in the last 10 years. Trust us, that will never be ok going forward. Happy Friday<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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