Literature in English Form Four NECTA CSEE Examination Format

024 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH:- For Both School and Private Candidates, this examination format revises the 2019 version issued by the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA). The format is based on the 2019 Literature in English syllabus for Ordinary Level Education.

Improvements in the syllabus include changing some sub topics to topics, as a result, this revised format improves the examination rubric as well as the content. However, the general objectives, and competencies remain unchanged.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

The examination will assess the extent to which the candidates can:

use the knowledge of theories of literature, literary genres, form and content in plays, novels, short stories and poetry;
produce continuous narratives, arguments or pieces of descriptive or informative writing e.g., of a character, plot, a scene, message, or an event;
analyse critically different issues in literature that are related to everyday life; and
adopt what they have learnt in the subject to improve his or her language competence and to further his or her life and education.