Nine Catholic Secondary Schools into top 10 best performing schools in the 2023 MSCE results

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By Chisomo Phiri

Nine Catholic Secondary Schools in the country have made it into the top ten (10) schools of the 2023 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) results based on percentage of candidates with distinctions.

This is according to the results released on Wednesday September 13,2023 by Malawi National Examinations Board(MANEB) in conjunction with Ministry of Education.

The schools are Marist Pvt Secondary (52.58%), St Kizito Secondary (45.83%), Mtendere Secondary (40.50%), Nankhunda Seminary (38.43%), St. Mary’s Secondary (37.92%), St. Patrick’s Seminary (36.73%),Pius XII Seminary (34.47%), Loyola Jesuit Secondary (31.40%) and Likuni Boys Secondary (30.71%).



Filling out the list is Dedza Secondary School with 35.16%.

Announcing the results at a press briefing in Lilongwe, MANEB Executive Director Professor Dorothy Nampota said out of the 154,132 who sat the 2023 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) exams 83,846 have passed, representing a 54.40 percent pass rate.

Nampota said the 2023 pass rate is a decline of last year’s 58.44 percent.

Despite the examinations being leakage free, Nampota expressed concern that some schools have not done well with some registering zero percent pass rate.

She described the situation as worrisome and called on government to conduct an assessment to establish the cause and find possible solutions to address the situation.

On her part, Deputy Minister of Education, Nancy Chaola Mdooko said she was saddened with the decline in pass rate saying the situation needs an immediate response.

She said the ministry will conduct an assessment to establish the cause of the decline in pass rate most especially in those schools which have registered zero pass rate.

“My ministry is dedicated to improve quality of education in the country. We have seen that most CDSSs haven’t done well. The Ministry is constructing extra classrooms, information and communication laboratories, science laboratories to improve the quality of education in Malawi,” she said.