By Panashe Kaseke
Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has released the 2023 November Ordinary Level Examination Results today.
The overall pass rate increased by 4.35%, female candidates with higher pass rate, as compared to 2022 results.
In a statement released by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Board and Management, the total number of candidates who sat for November 2023 exams decreased as compared to November 2022.
“A total of 270 129 candidates sat for the November 2023 examinations as compared to 278 760 candidates who sat for the same examinations 2022. The candidature decreased by 8 631, translating to a percentage decrease of 3.1.
“In 2023, a total of 185 021 wrote 5 or more subjects and 54 420 passed 5 or more subjects with a grade C or better giving an overall percentage pass rate of 29.41. The statistics show that the 2023 overall pass rate increased by 4.35% from that of 2022,” said the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Board and Management.
The Board also emphasized that the pass rate for female candidates is higher than the pass rate of male candidates.
“The November 2023 results show that the percentage pass rate for female candidates was at 30.1 while that of male was at 29.06. These percentage pass rates increased by 5.03 and 3.9 respectively in favour of the girl child.
“The total number of female candidates who sat for the 2023 Ordinary Level Examinations was 141 698 and of these 96 963 wrote 5 or more subjects with 29 094 passing 5 or more subjects, thus translating to a percentage pass rate of 30.01. The total number of female candidates who sat for the 2022 Ordinary Level Examinations was 146 106 and, of those, 97 565 wrote 5 or more subjects with 24 371 passing 5 or more subjects, thus translating to a percentage pass rate of 24.98. This shows an increase of 5.03% in the 2023 pass rate for female candidates.”
