This examination formats booklet is a revised version of the Certificate of Secondary Education Examination Formats issued in 2019 by the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA). The booklet provides formats of all the subjects that will be assessed in the Form Four National Examination with effect from 2023.
The subject formats have been prepared based on the syllabus approved by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Significantly, the
revised version responds to changes in syllabuses made in 2019 in a few secondary school optional subjects, which are: Agriculture, Engineering Science, Food and Human Nutrition, Textiles and Garment Construction, Building Construction, Architectural Draughting, Civil Engineering Surveying, Wood and Painting Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical Draughting, Electronics Draughting, Manufacturing Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Engineering Drawing. The improvement also responds to the shift in assessment from content to competency-based assessment.
This is an achievement test offered to candidates who have completed four years of secondary education. CSEE is administered in the first week of November every year.
The objectives of this examination are: to assess students’ skills and knowledge achieved in different subjects at secondary school; to determine the extent to which the students can use the skills gained to solve social, political, economic and technological challenges for their individual development and national development at large; to identify students with the capacity to proceed to the advanced secondary school level or join training institutions. A holder of CSEE is expected to be able to apply their knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation skills in a broad range of activities.
Any student who has completed four years of secondary education in both government and registered private schools and has passed the Form Two National Assessment or Qualifying Test is eligible to sit for this examination. Repeaters of the same examination registered as private candidates are also eligible.
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