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The Ministry of General Education and Instruction has released the long-awaited results of the 2024 Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) examinations, revealing a national pass rate of 76.3% with 36,701 out of 48,079 candidates passing.
However, concerns remain as 11,378 students failed,
accounting for a significant 23.7% of all who sat the exams.
Dr. Kuyok Abol Kuyok, Minister of General Education and
Instruction, acknowledged both the achievement and the setback during the
official announcement in Juba.
“In terms of performance, out of the 48,079 candidates
(28,192 males, 19,887 females) that attempted the exams, 36,701 candidates
(21,619 males, 15,082 females) passed the exams with an overall pass rate of
76.3%,” Abol stated.
“A total of 11,378 (6,573 males and 4,805 females) failed
the exams. This represents 23.7% failure rate.”
The exams, written from December 2 to 11, 2024, saw
participation from 50,004 candidates across 535 academic schools.
Specialized streams also saw modest enrolment, with 130
candidates in the Commercial Section at Juba Commercial Secondary School and
197 in the Technical Section at Juba Technical Secondary School.
Despite the eventual release, the delay of more than eight
months drew public concern.
“I would like to profoundly apologize for the unprecedented
delay in the release of 2024 Secondary School Examinations results. I pledge to
you that we are now putting a system in place that should prevent such a long
delay in the future,” Abol said.
In terms of subject-specific outcomes, Chemistry, Principles
of Accounts, and Arabic Language emerged as the most poorly performed subjects,
while better results were recorded in Agriculture, Computer Science, Physics,
Islamic Religion, English Literature, and Citizenship.
“To address these challenges, the Ministry will have to embark on recruitment and training of teachers of Chemistry, Principles of Accounts and Arabic Language effectively deliver the curriculum,” the minister added.