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The Establishment of NECTA
The National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA) is Government Institution which was established by the Parliamentary Act No. 21 of 1973. NECTA is responsible for the administration of all National Examinations and Assessments in Tanzania.
The decision to establish NECTA was a follow-up of an earlier move, in April 1971, when Tanzania Mainland pulled out of the East African Examinations Council (EAEC) to conduct her own examinations.
Zanzibar pulled out of EAEC in 1970. Before the pull out, between 1968 and 1971, Tanzania sat for foreign Secondary School Examinations conducted jointly by the East African Syndicate, which before then were conducted by the Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate alone.
The Examinations conducted by the Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate then were the School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate Examinations. The School Certificate Examinations was taken by the African Students for the first time in 1947 and that of the Higher School Certificate in 1960.
Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ACSEE)
This is offered to candidates who have completed two years of secondary education (advanced level) and have had three credits at CSEE level.
The Examination Calendar
The ACSEE is administered on the first week of May every year.
The objectives of ACSEE
The objectives of this examination are to assess the learner’s knowledge and ability to pursue with further education such as diploma and degree courses; to examine the extent to which the learners can use the skills gained to meet the social, political, economic and technological challenges for the individual and the national development at large. Therefore, candidates at this level are expected to possess the following skills in a broad range of activities: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
Eligibility of Candidates who Seats for the Examination
This examination is offered to candidates who have completed two years of secondary education (advanced level) and have had three credits at CSEE level.
Examined Subjects/Courses
The examined subject sat ACSEE are as follow: General Studies which is compulsory subject; other subject are grouped in combination, i.e., natural science which include Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM), Physics Chemistry and Biology (PCB), Physics Geography and Mathematics (PGM), Economics, Geography and Mathematics (EGM), Chemistry, Biology and Geography (CBG), Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CBA) and Chemistry, Biology and Food and Human Nutrition (CBN). Another category is Arts Combinations which Includes History, Geography and English Language (HGL), History, Geography and Kiswahili (HGK), History, Kiswahili and English Language (HKL), Kiswahili, English Language and French (KLF), Economics, Commerce and Accountancy (ECA) and History, Geography and Economics (HGE).
Examination Formats
Each subject has an examination format, which describes the structure of the examination paper, rubric and the content in which that particular examination covers. The details of subjects addressed are shown in individual examinations formats that can be accessed in the examination formats link.
- You are required to appear for the examination(s) at the centre(s) under which you are registered unless
otherwise advised by the Council in writing. - You are required to observe all instructions given to you by the Supervisor, Invigilators or Officers of
the Council responsible for the conduct of the examinations. - You are required to attend punctually at the time shown on your timetable. If you arrive more than half
an hour late for an examination, you will not be admitted. - After the first half-hour, you may leave as soon as you have finished your paper and handed in the
script to the Supervisor/Invigilator. You may leave the room temporarily at any time after the first halfhour but only with the permission of the invigilator. - You may bring into the examination room only instruments which are specifically permitted. If you are
suspected of cheating or attempting to cheat, or assisting someone else to cheat, the facts will be
reported to the Council. You may in consequence be disqualified from the examination and excluded
from all future examinations of the Council. Any notes or other unauthorised material found in the
examination room may be retained by the Council at its discretion. - Communication, verbal or otherwise, between candidates is not allowed during the examination. If any
candidate wishes to communicate with the invigilator he should raise his hand to attract attention. - You must write your examination number correctly on every answer sheet of the answer booklet/answer
sheet used. Using anybody else’s examination number is considered a case of dishonesty that may
lead to cancellation of examination results. Names, initials or any other mark that would identify a
candidate should never be written on answer books or sheets of paper. - If you are found guilty of dishonesty in connection with the examination you may be disqualified in the
entire examination. - You should not write any notes on your question paper. Use the last pages of your answer booklet to
do rough work but ensure that you cross to indicate that it is not something to be marked. - You should not take anything from the examination room, unless instructed otherwise. You should not
destroy any paper or material supplied in the examination room. - Write in blue or black ink or ball pen. Draw in pencil.
- Smoking is not permitted in the examination room.
- Private candidates should produce a letter from the Council allowing them to sit for the particular
examination at the prescribed centre, otherwise they will not be allowed to sit for examination.
However, they are strictly not allowed to write anything in their letters. - During preparations of Practical examinations, the area around laboratories must be restricted and all
candidates must be held in the special room(s) from 7:00 a.m. to the time of starting examination. - The examination will continue as scheduled even if it falls on a public holiday.