Tanzania's Primary Leaving Pass Rate Rises to 85.22%: Over 970,000 Pupils Pass as PM Launches Industrial Policy
Tanzania's National Examinations Council (NECTA) announced the 2026 Primary School Leaving Examination results in Dar es Salaam on November 3: of 1,139,273 candidates with results, 970,876 passed with grades A, B and C, an overall pass rate of 85.22 percent, up 3.42 percentage points from 81.80 percent in 2025, as primary school families across the country checked scores all week.
Executive Secretary Professor Said Mohamed announced the results. By gender, boys passed at 86.18 percent and girls at 84.43 percent, both up on last year, while girls formed the larger share of passes in absolute numbers, 527,622 girls against 443,254 boys. Candidates and parents can check results on the council's official website by region, school and candidate number, or by the official SMS route. Results are published by examination number rather than by name, to protect pupils' privacy.
The examination decides eligibility for Form One secondary school places. The Form One selection and placement announcement will be made separately by the President's Office for Regional Administration and Local Government, so parents still await that next official notice.
The same week brought an economic move. On November 4 in Dodoma, Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba officially launched the Sustainable Industrial Development Policy and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Policy, directing the Ministry of Industry and Trade to develop clear implementation strategies, carry out regular monitoring and evaluation, and work with sector ministries and the private sector. Industry and Trade Minister Judith Kapinga said the ministry has prepared a ten-year implementation strategy with annual targets, and that President Samia Suluhu Hassan's vision is for industry to contribute more to GDP.
More than 970,000 children crossing the secondary school threshold on one side, and new industrial and SME policies setting off on the other: for Chinese families and businesses in Tanzania, the first sets the timetable for children's schooling, and the second shapes the policy environment for manufacturing and small business over the next decade. Both are worth filing and following.
(Source: National Examinations Council of Tanzania)
Source: National Examinations Council of Tanzania
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：坦桑尼亚国民议会大楼，位于首都多多马。照片：Habari Communication／Abdul Njaidi，公共领域，经维基共享资源。 / Photo: The National Assembly building in Dodoma, Tanzania. Photo by Habari Communication/Abdul Njaidi, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
