GCE NATIONAL FAILURE RATE INCREASES – ECZ THE EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA (ECZ) HAS ANNOUNCED AN INCREASE IN THE NATIONAL FAILURE RATE STANDING AT 13.66% IN 2021, AS COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL FAILURE RATE OF 10.50% IN 2020, FOR THE GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (GCE) EXAMINATION RESULTS. Speaking at a press briefing held in Lusaka today, education minister Douglas Siakalima said out of a total of 124,171 representing 93.03% candidates that sat for the examination, 16, 960 candidates failed

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Celebrating Labour Day 01.05.2022 Theme: "Accelerating Social-Economic Transformation through Sustainable and Decent Job Creation amidst COVID-19" We celebrate our efforts and role in serving the people of Zambia through the setting and conduct of Examinations at various levels. Ours is to ensure the Zambian School qualification remains comparable to International standards. In the past years, ECZ has accelerated and transformed the assessment systems and aligned them to meet both local and inte

Zambia Shifts to Skills-Based Learning in New ECZ Assessment Reform Education Minister Douglas Syakalima says the Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ) is developing a new assessment and examination system aligned with global trends in education. Mr. Syakalima explained that the shift moves away from content- or outcomes-based learning and toward competence- and skills-based learning. He emphasized that the rapid changes in teaching, learning, and the broader educational environment require respo

ECZ TO COMPENSATE CITIZENS FOR FAILURE TO ACCESS GRADE 7 AND 9 RESULTS THROUGH SMS SYSTEM The Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ) has received reports from parents on the failure to access the recently announced 2021 Grade 7 and 9 examination results, through the SMS Results Release System (SRRS) on MTN mobile network and subsequent SMS charge deductions. ECZ Public Relations Manager Nicholas Nkhuwa says investigations on the failure were conducted and have established that the challenges exper

The Examination Council of Zambia- #ECZ has revealed that public and grand aided #schools, pupils will not pay any examination fees in line with government’s policy of #free #education. | Camnet TV

Minister of Education Hon. Douglas Syakalima announcing the 2025 School Certificate (Grade 12) and Teacher Education Examination Results. | Examinations Council of Zambia

Minister of Education Hon. Douglas Syakalima announcing the 2025 Primary School Leaving Examination (Grade 7) and the Junior Secondary School Leaving Examination (Grade 9) Results. | Examinations Council of Zambia

ECZ KASAMA SERVICE CENTRE OFFICIALLY OPENED The Examinations Council of Zambia Kasama Service Centre is now operational. Visit the Centre for the following services: Verification and Certification of results, replacement of lost/damaged certificates, accumulation of GCE Certificates, combination of Grade 9 statements of results, equating of foreign qualifications to the Zambian standards as well as pre and post examination services, among others. The Kasama Service Centre is located at Ituna Day