TECHNICAL Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) has reminded its students that excelling in Continuous Assessments (CAs) is not enough for a them to pass without performing well in the final exam.
According to the training authority, CA contributes 40 marks to the total marks while the final examination accounts for 60.
The authority shared on its Facebook page that both CAs and the final examination must be taken seriously to avoid failing a subject.
The training authority stated that one’s CA and final examination scores should be both above average for them to be on the safe side.
”Family pillars listen, CA is 40 marks whilst examination is 60. You are required to do six tasks per term towards CA. But for those who go for Industrial attachment, you need to do four tasks. These tasks would include assignments, tests and projects which will add up to 40 marks in total,” explained TEVETA.
The authority has since given an example of how the calculations are done stating that if one’s average score in all CA tasks is 70 percent, then it will be calculated as 70 divided by 100, multiplied by 40 which gives out 28 marks as the CA score.
And if one’s examination average score is 55 percent then it would mean that the examination authority will have to calculate as 55 divided by 100 multiplied by 60 of which the total is 33 marks.
“Therefore, 28 + 33 = 61 marks. And if 61 percent is above the pass mark in your programme, it means you have passed.”
“However, if your CA overall score is 55 percent it would be equal to 22 marks. And if your examination overall score in a subject is 40 percent it would be equivalent to 24 marks. Your total marks will therefore be added as 22 + 24 = 46. This will be a fail in most programmes,” explained TEVETA.
TEVETA revealed that some students whom thie institution termed ‘family pillars do very well in CAs and perform badly in the exams where they even score below 10 percent and still expect to pass.
The authority assured the students that such cases cannot allow them to pass an exam.
“Some family pillars do very well in CA and perform badly in the examination. At times scoring below 10% in summative examination. Unfortunately, you cannot pass an examination with such low performance,” said TEVETA.
By Catherine Pule
Kalemba, January 3, 2025