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Sixty per cent of Tanzania students fail exam

Tanzania's Education minister Shukuru Kawambwa. Six out of every 10 Tanzanian students who sat last year’s ordinary secondary level examinations attained the lowest grade possible. File

Six out of every 10 students who sat last year’s National Form Four examination in Tanzania failed, according to results released by the government on Tuesday.

The number of students who scored Division Zero rose from 31.94 per cent in 2011 to 53.37 per cent in 2012.

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