Mass fainting in Tanzanian exam

[SayidSomal]

Junior school pupils in Tanzania experienced a mass fainting fit while taking their final year exams, an educational official has told the BBC.

 

The 20 girls at Ali Hassan Mwinyi School in Tabora started fainting after finishing their first paper.

 

"I'm not a specialist but I imagine this was a case of mass hysteria that does happen in some of the schools," Midemo Paul Makungu said.

 

He said it only affected the girls, some of whom took 40 minutes to revive.

 

"There was chaos, crying, screaming, running after that first paper," Mr Makungu, Tabora's educational officer, told the BBC News website.

 

More than 140 Standard Seven pupils were taking the national exam at the school in the north of the country.

 

He said special arrangements were made so that those who had fainted could finish the other two papers they had that day.

 

"They eventually finished at 11pm," he said.

 

It is not the first such incident at the school - over the last month there have been several mass fainting fits amongst the girl pupils.

 

"Normally this happens in girls' secondary schools. It is very common here," Mr Makungu said

 

POOR GIRLS - Malika did these happen to you?

[Yaabka-Yaabkiis]

Suuxid,shaqo la,aan, low salary waxaaso dhan Africa....alla Africa why don't they give me the sh**yt led-- i promise i will develop the continent 10 sano guduhoooooood

[SayidSomal]

Hello! Hello!

 

you'll end by fainting just seeing the sheer sadness that comes of that continent

[Yaabka-Yaabkiis]

we dont have sheer sadness, we do have mentality xun....

[SayidSomal]

isn't having bad mentality a sheer sadness?

[Yaabka-Yaabkiis]

bad mentality is the consequence of sheer sadness.

poverty, lack of knowledge are two factors cause africa to stay meel aanan la aqooon!!!

[SayidSomal]

Join Blair's African Commission (you'll also have the chance to slap, Melez as he is part of the commission) to get rid the "scare on the worlds conscientious"

[Yaabka-Yaabkiis]

ok...

[Nephissa]

Sounds like a case for Dr. Nadiif. I wonder what he would do to them while they were down and out.

 

While exams are a lot of pressure for people, I think this fainting business is all a cop out.

 

I wish I knew how to fake a good faint, I'd probably faint a dozen or so times a day; presentation in front of my boss and important clients --- wheeee..hitting the floor. Down I go! Honey, what's for dinner? -- yep, bye bye. Down I go!

[Valenteenah.]

^

[Som@li]

copycat story,

[SayidSomal]

I wish I knew how to fake a good faint, I'd probably faint a dozen or so times a day; presentation in front of my boss and important clients --- wheeee..hitting the floor. Down I go! Honey, what's for dinner? -- yep, bye bye. Down I go!

 

start practising i say

[Malika]

Originally posted by Sayid*Somal:

Junior school pupils in Tanzania experienced a mass fainting fit while taking their final year exams, an educational official has told the BBC.

 

POOR GIRLS - Malika did these happen to you?

^ , lead an over privilaged lifestyle to be subjected to such pressures,I luxurly went through primary school knowing the bucks will speak for moi! Astagfirullah,only when I came to Europe to realise am a second class citizen and only education will offer me some sort of equality in the class system in UK..I hit the books,but at home,I was too busy day dream whilst listening to the indian oceans waves

 

So no I have never fainted due to exam pressures..