NBAA examination results out, 52.6 pc candidates fail

Tanzanian president John Magufuli. PHOTO | AF

ANNE ROBI 

According to a statement issued by the NBAA Executive Director, Mr Pius Maneno, only 974 out 7,106 candidates passed the exams. “In total 974 (15 per cent) candidates have passed the examinations while 2,107 (32 per cent) candidates passed some of the subjects in the respective examination level and 3,418 (52.6 per cent) failed their examinations,” he noted.

Mr Maneno said a total of 7,106 candidates were registered for the NBAA 2016 examinations and among them 607 (8.5 per cent) were absent from the examinations due to various reasons and 6,499 (91.5 per cent) sat for the examinations.

The 83rd examinations involved examination candidates at levels of accounting technicians’ levels I and II, Foundation Level, Intermediate and Final level under the competence based syllabi.

In the Accounting Technician Level 11, Mr Maneno said that 40 candidates passed their examinations and will be issued with certificates of completion of the Accounting Technician Certificates (ATEC) examinations.

In CPA examinations, some of 282 candidates qualified, making a total 7,171 passed CPAs since the commencement of the Board’s examinations. He said 103 of the 282 candidates were female and 179 (63.5 per cent) were male.

According to the statement, in accounting level, a total of 349 (30.9 per cent) candidates passed the examinations while 32 (29 .1 per cent) passed some of the subjects and 44 (40 per cent) failed the exams.

Mr Maneno stated in the statement that in Professional Stage, 52.4 per cent candidates passed the examinations while 38.4 per cent passed some subjects and 9.2 per cent failed their examinations.

In Intermediate Level, some 10.5 per cent candidates qualified while 32.5 per cent passed some subjects as 57.1 per cent failed.

“In final stage, a total 300 (13.1 per cent) candidates have passed the examinations while 708 (30.9 per cent) passed some of the subjects as 1,281 (56 per cent) failed their examinations,” he noted.