Performance Bonus of 5m/- Awarded to Mseki Primary School for Top Performance

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• The approach is also supported by findings from the 2025 KiuFunza assessments, which showed that learners in participating schools recorded 21 per cent higher performance in reading and 18 per cent higher performance in.
• The school has also benefited from the KiuFunza Performance Incentive System After becoming the top-performing school in its zone, Mseki received a performance bonus of 5m/- which was reinvested in improving the school.
• Overall academic performance has also improved, with pass rates rising to nearly 100 per cent, while all Standard Four pupils who sat for the national examination successfully passed.
• The assessment covered 265 schools and more than 79,000 learners, pointing to the potential of adapting teaching to learners’ actual levels to improve foundational literacy and numeracy.
• At Mseki Primary School in Ushetu District, Shinyanga Region, the introduction of the KiuFunza programme has transformed the way teaching and learning are conducted, with teachers adopting approaches that respond to.