National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA)

About National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA): The Functions of Examinations of Tanzania are: to formulate examinations policy in accordance with the principles of education for self reliance and the education and training policy; to ensure responsibility for examinations within the United Republic of Tanzania and to make provision for places and centres for examination; to receive from other persons or bodies of person reports or other material affecting examinations policy and from from time to time to consider and review examinations policy as circumstances may require; to co-operate with other persons or bodies of persons in the orderly development of an examinations system in the United Republic of Tanzania; to conduct examinations for, and to grant, diplomas, certificates and other awards of the the council; to act as the body which shall facilitate, administer and supervise foreign examinations in Tanzania.