Namibia releases Grade 12 results

Namibia: Few Grade 12s Qualify for University Entry
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Considered to be a historic event, the first Grade 12 Namibia Senior Certificate Ordinary Level examination results were yesterday released by the Ministry of Education.Of the 31243 candidates who sat for the examinations, 16791 (53.7 percent) were full-time candidates and 14452 (46.3 percent) were part-time entries. Only 3256 full-time candidates gained university admission. In total 38 NSSC Ordinary Level subjects consisting of 106 examination components were examined in public and private schools ... Reinhild Nauhaus of Delta Senior Secondary School in the capital achieved the best overall results ... "This is indeed a historic event announcing the first results of this new Namibian qualification since never before has a Namibian examination and qualification been available at the end of Grade 12," said Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Becky Ndjoze-Ojo ... "Full-time candidates performed poorly in 2007. It should be noted that a significant increase of 13358 or 14.5 percent as well as the change from IGCSE to the new Namibian examinations are factors that had a negative effect on the examination results," she said ... Agriculture, Computer Studies and Woodwork were some of the subjects the Grade12 candidates did well in ...