Floydalin and Floyd Davies – best pupils
The Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education has revealed that eight out of the eleven top performers in the 2023 National Primary School Examination are girls.
A female pupil Floydalin Davies of Murray-Deen Preparatory School in Freetown, with index number 217005013 is the top performer with best result in the 2023 National Primary Schools Examination (NPSE).
Floydalin scored an aggregate of 339 in the exams, followed by her twin brother, Floyd Davies with index number 217005012 and of the same school scored aggregate 336.
Saffa Siam Deborah of the same school, with index number 217005034 scored aggregate 334; Haja Z. Tairu of the Apex International/National Primary School in Freetown with index number 210010021 scored aggregate 333, Crowther E.S. Malia of the Nenneh’s Primary School in Freetown with index number 241001009 scored 331; Benjamin Bamijoko Gloria of the S.O.S Herman Gmeiner in Freetown, with index number 236003012 scored 331; Abubakarr Kamara of the Murray-Deen Preparatory School with index number 217005019 scored aggregate 331; Abibatu A. J. Carew of the Yamakai Action Preparatory School in Freetown with index number 215004002 scored 330; Nefertiti C. Nasralla of the Apex International/National Primary School in Freetown with index number 210010018 scored 330; Sophie I.R Lambert of the International Primary School with index number 203001062 scored 329 and Alusine Morlai Sawaneh of the Troy Tilkaran Primary School in Kamsondo with index number 121035019 scored aggregate 329.
Deputy Chief Education Officer at the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Adama Jane Momoh said the 2023 NPSE results were released by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE) on Saturday 15th July 2023.
She said result packages are being prepared for forwarding to all schools that entered candidates. In the meanwhile, the Ministry has carried out an analysis of the results received by the MBSSE and is pleased to announce the following:
“Entries for 2023 were 1,792 greater than for the 2022 NPSE. This is an increase of approximately 1%. From the results received, the NPSE candidate entry for 2023 was 163,860 compared to 2022 when it was 162,068. “The results received were for 4,790 primary schools compared to 4,635 in 2022. The entry figure comprised of 80,129 (48.9%) boys and 83,731 (51.1%) girls compared with 79,617 (49.1%) boys and 82,451 (50.9%) girls in 2022.
“163,685 candidates (83,640 girls and 80,045 boys) sat at least one subject in the 2023 NPSE. A total of 175 candidates (91 girls and 84 boys) were absent for all subjects. The highest aggregate T-score obtained in the 2023 NPSE was 339. 133,129 candidates comprising of 67,848 girls and 65,281 boys, passed the NPSE in 2023, compared to 131,433 candidates, comprising 65,152 boys and 66,281 girls, who passed the NPSE in 2022.
“(These are candidates whose aggregate scores were on or above the cut-off score of 230 stipulated by the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education.) The passes correspond to an overall pass rate of 81.3%, a boys’ pass rate of 81.6% and a girls’ pass rate of 81.1%.
“The overall pass rate is very slightly above the 2022 pass rate of 81.2% and the girls’ pass rate of 80.5%. Despite the 2023 girls’ pass rate is slightly lower than that of the boys, it should be noted that more girls both sat and passed the examination than boys”.
