MANEB orders examination centres to stop registering JCE candidates

Following the decision by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration under President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharik to abolish the administering the Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) examinations, Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) has ordered the examination centres to stop registering JCE candidates.

This has been disclosed in a Press Statement released by MANEB Public Relations Officer Simeon Maganga made available to FaceofMalawi.

“Examination centres are reminded NOT to register candidates for Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) examination as it was phased out. Therefore, no centre should collect any fees, be it examination or ID fees, from Form 2 students,” said Maganga.

Maganga has also disclosed that registration for the 2017 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) and Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations has commenced and the exercise shall close on 9th December, 2016.

Maneb has also warned examination centres from registering candidates more than what their (lone/cluster) centre can accommodate.

“In this respect, Examination centres should ensure that external candidates do not exceed 70% of the internal candidates registered. Further, examination centres are encouraged to be depositing examination fees into MANEB account periodically to avoid cases of theft,” said Maganga.

He added: “Examination centres are, therefore, requested to submit their registration data as captured in compact discs (CDs) and other registration documents through their respective District Education Offices to MANEB before the said closing date. MANEB shall not accept CDs and hardcopies of 2017 registration submitted directly from schools or accept fresh registration after the closing date.”

The board further informed all Heads of School and Data Capturing Officers that they should not indicate physical disability codes when capturing the registration data.

“Take note that submitting names of Special Needs candidates to MANEB is NOT registering them. The Special Needs candidates should ALSO be registered together with other candidates.

“For further enquiries on this registration exercise, call us on (+265) 1 525 212/008; Fax: (+265) 1 525 351; Mobile: (+265) 999 108 774 or send e-mail to: regimaneb@gmail.com; or sfmaganga@gmail.com,” added Maganga.