{"id":4288,"date":"2025-04-16T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=4288"},"modified":"2025-04-16T17:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:33:02","slug":"ministry-of-general-education-announces-2024-primary-school-certificate-exam-resultsreport-by-emmanuel-garjik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/?p=4288","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of General Education Announces 2024 Primary School Certificate Exam ResultsReport by: Emmanuel Garjik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Report by: Emmanuel Garjik<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Sudan\u2019s Ministry of General Education, through the National Examinations Council, officially released the 2024 Primary School Certificate Examination results<\/strong> on Tuesday in the capital, Juba. The exams were conducted from November 18 to 22, 2024<\/strong>, but the results were delayed for nearly five months due to lack of funding<\/strong>, preventing students from enrolling in secondary schools on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the press conference announcing the results, Minister of General Education, Kuyok Abol Kuyok<\/strong>, stated that the exams were held in 1,665 schools<\/strong> across 551 examination centers<\/strong> nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

\u201cA total of 79,010 students<\/strong> registered for the exams, including 43,266 males<\/strong> and 35,740 females<\/strong>. However, only 77,264 students<\/strong> actually sat for the exams (42,257 males and 35,007 females), while around 1,746 students<\/strong> were absent,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

He confirmed that 73,326 students<\/strong> passed the exams, comprising 40,427 males<\/strong> and 32,899 females<\/strong>, resulting in an overall pass rate of 94.9%<\/strong> with an average performance score of 73.1%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister also noted that exams took place in 1,814 schools<\/strong> across 522 centers<\/strong>, and that 3,878 students<\/strong> failed, having scored below 249 marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subject Performance:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • Best performance<\/strong> was in Science and Christian Religious Education<\/strong>, with a pass rate of 79.9%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Weakest performance<\/strong> was recorded in Mathematics (61%)<\/strong> and Islamic Religious Education (51%)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Top Performing Schools:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    1. JCC Model Primary School<\/strong> ranked first nationwide<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Venus Star Academic<\/strong> came in second<\/strong>.
      Both schools are located in Central Equatoria State<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Top Students:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • Felix Luala Wani Job<\/strong> and Moses Jerry Asir Okaya<\/strong>, both from JCC<\/strong>, scored 453 marks<\/strong>, tying for first place nationally<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Gift Shanedia Remis Alowi<\/strong>, also from JCC<\/strong>, was the top-performing female student<\/strong>, scoring 451 marks<\/strong>, followed closely by Sabrine Kiji Paulino Francis<\/strong>, who earned the same score.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Ministry Instructions:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        Minister Kuyok urged parents to collect official results<\/strong> from the schools where students sat for the exams or use the mobile results app<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n

        \u201cI officially announce the release of the 2024 Primary School Certificate results. Citizens can access the official results at schools or via the digital app by dialing 1138<\/strong>, followed by the candidate\u2019s seat number, and results will be sent instantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

        Praise for JCC\u2019s Performance:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        JCC Headmistress<\/strong>, Pasca Mora<\/strong>, attributed the school\u2019s outstanding results to the dedication and hard work of the teaching staff<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n

        \u201cWe have qualified, committed teachers. These results aren\u2019t surprising\u2014we work from 6 AM to 6 PM<\/strong>. The results speak for themselves. This isn\u2019t just talk; it\u2019s the result of experience and dedication<\/strong>. And it\u2019s not the first time we\u2019ve topped the results.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

        She concluded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n

        \u201cIf we look at our records, we\u2019ve always been at the top\u2014not just this year or last year. We work with sincerity, and our success is a product of that effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Report by: Emmanuel Garjik South Sudan\u2019s Ministry of General Education, through the National Examinations Council, officially released the 2024 Primary School Certificate Examination results on Tuesday in the capital, Juba.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4290,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4288\/revisions\/4290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}