Minister wants to set minimum grades for university entry

The Mozambican Minister of Education and Culture has acknowledged the need to review the minimum grade for entry to the country’s public universities, following the admission of candidates with very low performances for the 2025 academic year, reports O Pais/STV.

“The grades are not good. We are talking about the quality of higher education, and it is not possible for us to have a student entering the architecture course with 6.4 out of 20; we are not prioritising quality,” Samaria Tovela said on the sidelines of a meeting to validate higher education qualifications in Maputo.

The issue at hand is the recent publication of the results for entry to higher education in Mozambican public universities, which show the admission of candidates with very low grades. According to the minister, this represents a failing in the country’s education system. “We will have to sit down and standardise the principles. We have to have a minimum grade, starting from a positive one,” the minister concluded.
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