Not all have capacity for AS level: Nghipondoka

Eba Kandovazu IN the face of a strong public backlash against the failure of 81 percent of Grade 11 learners to proceed to Advanced Subsidiary level, Education Minister Anna Nghipondoka insists that the learners did not fail. She insisted that the AS level is merely an additional grade that will be done by learners who have the capacity of doing it. Over 46 000 Grade 11 learners wrote the 2021 examinations, of which only over 8000 qualified to do the next advanced subsidiary level. Nghipondoka was speaking in parliament this afternoon when she said that the old curriculum excluded some…