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The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has said it will increase security measures for the end-of-year examinations to prevent leakages that rocked previous examinations.
Speaking in an interview with <a href="https://cite.org.zw/zimsec-to-enhance-security-measures-for-end-of-year-exams/">CITE</a>, ZIMSEC public relations manager Nicky Dlamini stated that they have put in place new security measures to safeguard the integrity of public examinations. She said:
<blockquote>
ZIMSEC has come up with some measures to increase the security of examination material as well as during the writing of examinations.
These methods include the provision of the examination material, which was otherwise allowed to be provided for by the examination centre for schools as well as increased security at our cluster centers where we do look after our question papers.
</blockquote>
Dlamini refused to reveal the exact measures ZIMSEC has put in place to curb examination leakages saying doing so is akin to “telling a thief where exactly your cameras are in your house.”
However, CITE reported a source as saying some of the measures will include the delivery of question papers on the day of writing. Said the source:
<blockquote>
Question papers may be delivered on the day so that no one will have access to them beforehand.
These question papers will also have names of the candidates already filled on them, perhaps to prevent others from having more papers than necessary.
</blockquote>
The source added that ZIMSEC will deploy vehicles to each cluster to ensure that papers are collected immediately after writing.
Earlier this month, ZIMSEC board chairperson Professor Eddie Mwenje said that measures are already in place to prevent exam leakages.
He also said results for Grade Seven examinations will be released timeously this year to give parents time to prepare.
According to the Grade 7 2023 Examinations Timetable released by ZIMSEC in July, the exams are scheduled to begin on Monday 25 September 2023, with English 01.
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ZIMSEC Says To Increase Security Measures To Curb Exam Leakages

Industry players have castigated the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) over its decision to become the sole supplier of science chemicals and consumables to examination centres with effect from November 2023.
According to Examinations Circular 24 of 2023, ZIMSEC will supply examination centres that offer science practical examinations with Science chemicals and consumables from November 2023, onwards.
Industry players who had been supplying laboratory equipment to schools told <a href="https://cite.org.zw/zimsec-to-become-sole-supplier-of-science-chemicals-sparking-anger-from-industry-players/">CITE</a> that they suspect “someone” received a tender from ZIMSEC because the business was profitable during exam season.
They said ZIMSEC announced the move without any consultation and several suppliers claimed they had already stocked up on apparatus worth thousands of US dollars hoping to sell to schools.
A supplier of laboratory equipment in Bulawayo who requested anonymity told CITE that the move will “kill” the private sector. Said the entreprenuer:
<blockquote>
Someone saw an opportunity to make money from this business. But closing the private sector out is killing and destroying the economy.
</blockquote>
Another proprietor claimed that this move would result in the closure of more than 150 companies at once. They said:
<blockquote>
My company has quite some stock coming from China and is worth US$60 000. Normally around April, we prepare for exam time and buy stock in preparation for the November exam season.
If we are not supplying schools, it means every one of us who has done business with schools is effectively disenfranchised.
</blockquote>
Another supplier said most laboratory and science chemical suppliers rely on schools for business while his own company serves more than 200 schools in Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South and Masvingo. He said:
<blockquote>
There was no communication with stakeholders. In any case, ZIMSEC wouldn’t have disclosed that since it’s basically outside the law.
You don’t muzzle schools to say, “You’re only going to buy from us”.
We have been supplying schools for the past five to six years. Our problem is not ZIMSEC coming into the marketplace and selling their stuff to schools but is ZIMSEC saying it is the only one that will sell to schools?
ZIMSEC is not supplying these for free so it has nothing to do with free education but making money.
</blockquote>
Another proprietor, a Mr Masikinye, said the ZIMSEC regulations will negatively affect businesses and some people will be laid off as a result. He added:
<blockquote>
Cambridge has the capacity to supply all these things to all who write their exams yet has not said this.
There has been no problem ever since we started supplying to schools, which have been writing without any incident.
Unless ZIMSEC said we were not meeting the demand or supplying substandard teams, we could understand. But what is their reason for wanting to supply?.
That would be acceptable unless there are sensitive materials, such as slides, where ZIMSEC does not want a leak. Will ZIMSEC be able to meet the demands of every school in the country, knowing ZIMSEC and our country?
Exam time is when most companies benefit because schools don’t buy much during the year and buy in bulk for exams. Someone wants to make money because shutting us out is not a fair deal.
</blockquote>
However, ZIMSEC spokesperson Nicky Dlamini, defended the move, saying it is meant to safeguard the integrity of the examinations. She said:
<blockquote>
ZIMSEC is saying we’re supplying examination material, the same way in the same way it is the only one supplying question papers. The chemicals we are supplying pertain to our examination as ZIMSEC.
This is for standardisation purposes as well as to increase the security measures that come with our examination.
This is because the exams are a security exercise and there are issues to do with malpractice that we have been fighting for a very long time. I’m sure you would understand what has been happening with examinations.
It has nothing to do with business and everything to do with the integrity of the examination system.
Stakeholders on the market who feel prejudiced are more than welcome to come to us so we can explain to them.
ZIMSEC is a parastatal that is in charge of examinations. These are part of measures put in place to curb examination malpractices.
</blockquote>
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ZIMSEC Condemned For Monopolising Supply Of Science Chemicals To Examination Centres

The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has announced that it will be the sole supplier of science chemicals and consumables to examination centres for practical exams from November 2023 onwards.
According to Examinations Circular 24 of 2023, ZIMSEC will charge examination centres a recovery cost fee. Reads the circular:
<blockquote>
ZIMSEC will supply examination centres which offer science practical examinations with Science chemicals and consumables with effect from the November 2023 examination session.
Centres will be charged a recovery cost fee according to their requirements.
Centres will receive advance information on the apparatus to be used during each examination session.
Distribution details will be communicated in due course. Examination-specific instructions to supervisors shall be collected together with the chemicals and consumables.
</blockquote>
The move has, however, angered stakeholders who had been supplying laboratory equipment to schools, with some claiming they had already stocked up on apparatus worth thousands of US dollars hoping to sell to schools.
But speaking to <a href="https://cite.org.zw/zimsec-to-become-sole-supplier-of-science-chemicals-sparking-anger-from-industry-players/">CITE</a>, ZIMSEC spokesperson Nicky Dlamini, defended the move, saying it is meant to safeguard the examination. She said:
<blockquote>
ZIMSEC is saying we’re supplying examination material, the same way in the same way it is the only one supplying question papers. The chemicals we are supplying pertain to our examination as ZIMSEC.
This is for standardisation purposes as well as to increase the security measures that come with our examination.
This is because the exams are a security exercise and there are issues to do with malpractice that we have been fighting for a very long time. I’m sure you would understand what has been happening with examinations.
It has nothing to do with business and everything to do with the integrity of the examination system.
Stakeholders on the market who feel prejudiced are more than welcome to come to us so we can explain to them.
ZIMSEC is a parastatal that is in charge of examinations. These are part of measures put in place to curb examination malpractices.
</blockquote>
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ZIMSEC To Become Sole Supplier Of Science Chemicals To Examination Centres

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) says measures are already in place to prevent exam leakages.
ZIMSEC board chairperson Professor Eddie Mwenje told <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/report-schools-unilaterally-hiking-fees">The Sunday Mail</a> everything is now in place to ensure that the upcoming 2023 public examinations are written without any hiccups. He said:
<blockquote>
All systems are set for Grade Seven, Form Four and Form Six examinations. We started the preparations early and did not face any problems.
The June exams were actually our test run for new measures we were implementing, and I am glad to say it was a huge success.
The board is always on the ground to make sure they implement measures that make the examinations successful, and we are really learning from our mistakes from last year’s exams.
</blockquote>
Prof Mwenje said results for Grade Seven examinations will be released timeously this year to give parents time to prepare.
Meanwhile, according to the Grade 7 2023 Examinations Timetable released by ZIMSEC in July, the exams are scheduled to begin on Monday 25 September 2023, with English 01, followed by Mathematics 01 on 26 September. 
On Wednesday, 27 September, the candidates will sit for languages, that is Tshivenda 01, Shona 01, Sesotho 01, Kalanga 01, Xichangana 01, Tonga 01, Nambya 01, and Ndebele 01.
Social Science 01 will be written on 28 September, Agric, Science &amp; Tech 01 will be written on 29 September.
On Monday, 02 October, candidates will sit for Agric, Science &amp; Tech 02.
On 03 October, candidates will write Tshivenda 02, Shona 02, Sesotho 02, Kalanga 02, Xichangana 02, Tonga 02, Nambya 02, and Ndebele 02.
The Grade 7 candidates will sit for the Mathematics 02 paper on 04 October and for the Social Science 02 paper on 06 October.
On 09 October, candidates will write the Physical Edu &amp; Arts 01 examination.
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"We Have Learnt From Past Mistakes", ZIMSEC Vows To Prevent Exam Leakages

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has called for applications from secondary school teachers for training as markers ahead of this year’s training course for marking Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations.
ZIMSEC said applicants must be certified graduates including those in the process of acquiring Grad. C. E. Holders of Diplomas with secondary teaching experience of at least five years in the subject being applied for will also be considered.
In their application, the applicants are required to attach copies of academic transcripts and certificates since applications without these documents will not be entertained.
Completed forms, certified copies of academic transcripts and certificates must be submitted to any regional ZIMRA offices by 24 July 2023.
ZIMSEC spokesperson Nicolette Dlamini said the exercise is not new but standard procedure. She said:
<blockquote>
As the examinations council, we always do these courses annually and it doesn’t matter whether one has been a marker for five or so many years, they have to apply and attend this course.
After training the potential markers will then sit for an examination where a pool of markers will be created, it’s a standard procedure really, not anything new.
</blockquote>
There are 23 O-Level and 8 A-Level examinable subjects that are being learned in Zimbabwean schools.
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ZIMSEC Scouts For O' & A' Level Examinations Markers

Nyarutombo Primary School in Mt Darwin, Mbire District, Mashonaland Central Province, has now been designated a Zimbabwe Schools Examination Centre (ZIMSEC) thanks to the construction of a classroom block, toilets and a borehole by Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe.
The construction of the block with two classrooms changed the face of the educational institution which was previously avoided by parents from nearby areas who opted to have their children walk long distances to attend examination registered schools.
Nyarutombo Primary School, some 230 km north-west of Harare, is a Methodist Church of Zimbabwe (MCZ) institution and has seen its fortunes change following the facelift by Stanbic Bank.
Run under the auspices of the MCZ’s Methodist Development and Relief Agency (MeDRA) the school now has a solarized borehole and a 10 000-litre tank ensuring the pupils have clean water all year round.
MeDRA acting National Director Tariro Washaya said the facelift by Stanbic Bank raised the profile of the school and has driven growth in the institution’s pass rate over the last two years.
The classroom block and toilets were constructed in 2019 and began functioning in December 2020. Stanbic Bank also managed to furnish the classrooms with desks and chairs.
Washaya said the fruits of Stanbic Bank’s work started manifesting in the first quarter of 2021 when the institution was inundated with applications for enrolment while the process for the school to be a recognized as a ZIMSEC centre took effect. Said Washaya:
<blockquote>
The story of Nyarutombo Primary School is a typical rags-to-riches story in many ways and the transformation of this school is all thanks to Stanbic Bank.
The school had a low enrollment because there were no classrooms. It was a satellite school whose pass rate was very low.
I am proud to say that the pass rate has since improved significantly and the school is now an exam centre.
</blockquote>
She said the biggest beneficiaries of the facelift by Stanbic Bank were grade 7 pupils who previously had to travel long distances during examinations, oftentimes sleeping at the schools which were registered for ZIMSEC during the examination days. Added Washaya:
From the school’s inception in 2011, till Stanbic Bank intervened, the institution has been well below the radar of any key stakeholder in the community, but its profile has just shot up and we understand some reputable headmasters now want to preside over the running of the school.
Stanbic Bank Acting Head Brand and Marketing, Tariro Memo said the leading financial services institution was pleased to have played its part in uplifting the lives and fortunes of the pupils, the community and its environs. She said:
<blockquote>
Stanbic Bank has well thought out Corporate Social Investment (CSI) initiatives whose key attribute is premised on changing the lives of its beneficiaries in a sustainable way.
Education is one of the pillars under this initiative and the plight of the students moved Stanbic Bank to construct the classroom block, toilets, provide furniture, borehole and water tank.
</blockquote>
She said that it was heartening to note that the pass rate for the school had improved.
The relationship between Stanbic Bank and Nyarutombo began when the financial services institution went to donate mosquito repellent material in 2018.
The visit was an eye-opener as it exposed the bank’s executives to the state of the school.
The pupils attended classes in run-down grass-thatched classrooms and had no safe ablution facilities.
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Rural School Upgraded To ZIMSEC Exams Centre After Facelift By Stanbic Bank

A parent from Masvingo has sued the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) and the Government for discriminating against her child enrolled at a private school in the payment of examination fees.
The parent, Susan Chikwanda of Jerera in Masvingo province, has two children, one aged 13 who is enrolled in Grade Seven, and the other who is aged 16 who is enrolled in Form Four.
In an application filed at Masvingo High Court on 28 April, Chikwanda said the Government was in breach of the right to education as enshrined in the Constitution.
In a circular dated 31 January 2023, ZIMSEC announced that the Government would be subsidising the 2023 Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examination fees for candidates only in public schools, local authority schools and mission schools.
Chikwanda is represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) lawyer Paida Saurombe.
She argued that the Government was arbitrarily segregating underprivileged children from benefitting from government subsidies in the payment of examination fees for Grade Seven, Ordinary Level and Advanced Level studies.
She wants the court to declare the Government’s decision to subsidise examination fees for 2023 Grade Seven, Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examination candidates in public schools, local authority schools and mission schools at the exclusion of candidates in private schools and colleges, including private candidates in public schools, invalid and in breach of the constitutional protection to equality and the right to education enshrined in the Constitution. <a href="https://www.zlhr.org.zw/?p=3040">ZLHR said in a statement</a>:
<blockquote>
She argued that her two children both come from the same home and are financed from the same less privileged and economically weak pocket.
Besides that one of them is learning at a government-run school and the other one at a private college, there is nothing else that differentiates their economic and social status and they both eat from the same plate and are clothed for school from the same source.
The Masvingo-based woman said she is concerned that government had made a decision to benefit one of her minor child by subsidising the exam fee but have the older minor child pay the full examination fee and yet the money that government is using to subsidise the examination fees for candidates in public schools including mission schools is coming from the same fiscus that all citizens pay taxes into.
She argued that when tax is collected, there is no question asked regarding which school one’s child attends but when benefits are being extended, the government has taken a decision to differentiate students based on the schools that they attend.
… She charged that this is not a fair discrimination and cannot be justifiable in a free and democratic society that has the rule of law and constitutionalism as its tenets of justice and that such unfair discrimination inadvertently results in candidates like her older minor child, who is enrolled in private college’s right to education being infringed.
Chikwanda’s older minor child, who has been studying eight subjects is required to pay total examination fees of US$192 and yet if she was going to benefit from the subsidy, she would have been paying US$88.
</blockquote>
The matter is yet to be set down for hearing and determination.
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ZIMSEC Sued For Discrimination Against Candidates Enrolled At Private Colleges

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) says the decision by the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) to open a mop-up registration window for November candidates does not go far enough in addressing the plight of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
ARTUZ suggested that ZIMSEC should allow all prospective candidates to register and then the public examinations management body comes up with ways of getting the fees from the Government and parents. ARTUZ said:
<blockquote>
The mop-up exercise by [ZIMSEC] will not address the exclusion of the poor from sitting for public examinations.
Registration for examinations shouldn’t be tied to any fee, ZIMSEC should devise means of recovering their monies from the Government and parents after registering all learners.
</blockquote>
On 17 April 2023, ZIMSEC announced that it will open a mop-up registration window to allow candidates who failed to register before 14 April to be able to register.
ZIMSEC said the window will be open from the 8th to the 12th of May 2023. Part of the statement read:
<blockquote>
ZIMSEC will carry out a registration mop-up exercise from Monday 8 May 2023 to Friday 12 May 2023 to allow centres to ensure that all their candidates have been registered for the November 2023 examinations.
Candidates who wish to sit for their examinations should ensure that they register at their centre of choice during this period.
Examination registration fees during that window are pegged according to the normal registration.
The registration fees are accepted in the currency parents and guardians are comfortable paying in.
For parents who wish to pay in ZWL, payments will be made at the prevailing exchange rate which will be communicated on Friday, 5 May 2023.
</blockquote>
ARTUZ is a trade union that advocates for better working conditions and salaries for rural teachers, who often work in difficult circumstances with limited resources. 
The union has been involved in various protests and strikes to draw attention to the challenges faced by rural teachers and to push for reforms in the education sector.
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ZIMSEC Registration Mop-up Exercise Insufficient - Teachers

The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) will open a mop-up registration window to allow candidates who failed to register before 14 April to be able to register.
The window will be open from the 8th to the 12th of May 2023. In a statement released on 17 April 2023, ZIMSEC said:
<blockquote>
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) issued a circular to all Examination Centres on the 31st of January 2023, informing of the approved Ordinary and Advanced level June/ November examination fees and the closing dates for registration for each session respectively.
ZIMSEC wishes to make the following announcement to the nation and our stakeholders.
1. The November 2023 Ordinary and Advanced level examination registration closed on the 14th of April 2023.
2. ZIMSEC will carry out a registration mop-up exercise from Monday 8 May 2023 to Friday 12 May 2023 to allow centres to ensure that all their candidates have been registered for the November 2023 examinations. Candidates who wish to sit for their examinations should ensure that they register at their centre of choice during this period.
3. Examination registration fees during that window are pegged according to the normal registration. The registration fees are accepted in the currency parents and guardians are comfortable paying in. For parents who wish to pay in ZWL, payments will be made at the prevailing exchange rate which will be communicated on Friday, 5 May 2023.
4. Payments for the examination fees should NOT be paid directly into ZIMSEC accounts by individual parents. Candidates/ Parents should make payments to the centre of registration for forward remission to ZIMSEC.
5. Centres are hereby advised that this window is open only for individual candidates who would have failed to meet the 14 April 2023 deadline and not for whole centres. Kindly refer to Examinations Circular No. 4 of 2023 and Finance Circular No. 1 of 2023 for guidance. NB. THERE ARE NO LATE REGISTRATION FEES TO BE PAID before the 12th of May 2023.
We urge all parents and candidates to take note of this window period and adhere to the deadlines set herein.
</blockquote>
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ZIMSEC To Embark On Mop-up Registration Exercise

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has rubbished claims by Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Edgar Moyo, that school authorities working in cahoots with police were responsible for the leakage of public examination papers.
In 2022, some candidates had access to Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) English Language and Mathematics examination papers several days before they were written.
Speaking during the question and answer session in the Senate on 29 March, Moyo said investigations by the Ministry of Education established that the exam leaks happen at schools. He said:
<blockquote>
We also have the police officers who are there and when these papers are being removed from the strong room to the classroom for invigilation, it is not one person who takes those papers.
The whole system is water-tight in terms of security. We have integrity issues with some of our personnel at the school level and where the papers leaked, there was a kind of working together in cahoots by officials at the school.
When people agree and connive to do a crime, usually they will succeed because there is no one who is going to let the cat out of the bag.
</blockquote>
Responding to Moyo’s remarks, ARTUZ said marking schemes and soft copies of the examination papers were leaked on social media platforms, yet schools were never in possession of the documents. ARTUZ said in a statement:
Moyo lied to Senate that exams leak at the School level. We saw marking schemes in circulation. Do schools receive marking schemes?
We saw soft copies of exam papers. Do schools receive soft copies? Our policy brief on exam leakages is accurate.
Last year, <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/school-heads-blame-zimsec-for-exam-leakages/">the National Association of Secondary Heads (NASH) pointed at ZIMSEC as the main source of the problem</a>, rather than schools.
According to <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/police-suspect-zimsec-head-office-is-the-source-of-exam-leakages/">a leaked police memorandum, dated 19 October 2022</a>, police said they suspected the soft copies of the papers are leaked by someone at the ZIMSEC head office in Harare.
Last year, 5 156 Advanced and Ordinary level candidates’ results were nullified for having pre-access to examination papers.
The A-Level results were released on 13 January with ZIMSEC withholding results for 195 candidates while the ‘O’ Level ones, where results for 4 961 candidates were nullified.
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Schools Not Responsible For Exam Leakages - ARTUZ

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Act which was enacted in 1994 is set to be amended to align the law with the various developments that have taken place since its enactment.
This was said by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa during the post-Cabinet briefing on Tuesday.
She said the cabinet considered and approved the Principles of the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Amendment) Bill as presented by the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Evelyn Ndlovu. Said Mutsvangwa:
<blockquote>
The nation is being informed that the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Act [Chapter 25:18] was enacted in 1994.
Since then, numerous developments have occurred in the education sector as well as anomalies that have come to the attention of the ZIMSEC and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education which require amendment of the Act.
The Bill, therefore, seeks to align the Act with the various developments that have taken place since its enactment.
</blockquote>
The amended law will give the ZIMSEC Board power to deregister examination centres that do not comply with ZIMSEC standards of appropriate examination centres. Said Mutsvangwa:
<blockquote>
The Bill will also strengthen the independence and efficiency of the ZIMSEC Board by equipping it with the necessary skilled persons that can adequately meet ZIMSEC’s mandate.
In the new Bill, the Board will be given powers to withhold examination results pending investigations by ZIMSEC in cases of examination malpractice such as leakages.
</blockquote>
Mutsvangwa said persons who handle examination material and all those who work closely with ZIMSEC will take an oath of secrecy.
She said a section will be introduced to deal with issues pertaining to conflict of interest among ZIMSEC employees and those that gain access to examination materials. She said:
<blockquote>
Section 35 will be amended to provide additional offences and to further enumerate acts of examination malpractice and their penalties.
The nation is being informed that it is envisaged the proposals will ensure that the quality of examination services will continue to match world standards.
The Bill will also arrest the vice of examination leakages by introducing stiffer penalties in order to deal effectively with offenders.
</blockquote>
Last year, 5 156 Advanced and Ordinary level candidates’ results were nullified for having pre-access to examination papers.
In February this year, the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Evelyn Ndlovu said the Government intends to appoint an Independent Commission of Inquiry to assess whether ZIMSEC is doing the right thing or they are leaking the examination papers.
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ZIMSEC Act To Be Amended

The Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Edgar Moyo has absolved the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) of complicity in the leakage of examination papers.
Speaking during the question and answer session in the Senate on 29 March, Moyo said school authorities working in cahoots with police officers were responsible for the leakage of examinations. The <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/schools-connive-with-police-to-leak-exams-minister/">Chronicle</a> quoted Moyo as saying:
<blockquote>
We also have the police officers who are there and when these papers are being removed from the strong room to the classroom for invigilation, it is not one person who takes those papers.
The whole system is water-tight in terms of security. We have integrity issues by some of our personnel at the school level and where the papers leaked, there was a kind of working together in cahoots by officials at the school.
When people agree and connive to do a crime, usually they will succeed because there is no one who is going to let the cat out of the bag.
</blockquote>
Moyo said the process of producing an exam paper starts at ZIMSEC offices and is automated. He said:
<blockquote>
Our papers are developed by paper developers and then they are put into what is called a grade maker, which system banks the questions and which system uses random pick up of question papers.
There is no interface between the question papers and human beings. All those things are automated.
Then the transfer of those papers from ZIMSEC head office to our Norton printing press is done technologically and there is again no human interface. It is wired to the machines.
Those machines are just feeding codes and then the paper is run and again there is no interface until the paper is packed.
People will be just watching and papers will just be rolling. They are being cut, and packaged and the whole system would have been set, then the papers will go out.
The only interface is when those papers are then put into boxes to be delivered to schools.
… If you look at what happened last year, you will find that the leaks of those papers did not occur anywhere between head office, printing and delivery of papers to the centres.
The evidence that we have is that the papers leaked when they were at school.
</blockquote>
Moyo also said most of the exam leaks occur at schools run by acting headmasters, who have nothing to protect. He said:
<blockquote>
It is happening in the sense that in most of those schools where we have paper leaks, the personnel there are usually acting heads of schools and not substantive heads.
We have been talking to PSC to ensure that most of our heads are graded to substantive level so that they have something to protect.
Those who are just acting have nothing to protect and they just let go of things.
</blockquote>
Last year, 5 156 Advanced and Ordinary level candidates’ results were nullified for having pre-access to examination papers.
In February this year, the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Evelyn Ndlovu said the Government intends to appoint an Independent Commission of Inquiry to assess whether ZIMSEC is doing the right thing or they are leaking the examination papers.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Schools, Police Officers Responsible For Exam Leakages - Minister

Teacher unions say the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Ordinary and Advanced Level examination fees are too high and some learners may fail to continue with their education.
ZIMSEC set the 2023 examination fees at US$24 per subject but candidates will pay US$11, while the government pays the balance.
Advanced Level examination fees are at US$48, with candidates paying US$22, while the government pays the balance.
In a statement, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) said civil servants will struggle to raise the examination fees for their children. Reads part of the statement:
<blockquote>
ZIMSEC pegged its registration fees to an equivalent of US$24 dollars per subject. This gives an average Ordinary Level candidate the cost burden of US$120 for a minimum of five subjects.
This is occurring in a context where the average civil servant is earning close to US$150 per month, hence making the examination fee way above their means.
It also means that the average learner will require more than four months to raise adequate funds to register for examinations while the Friday, April 14 deadline leaves students with less than six days to pay.
</blockquote>
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe president Takavafira Zhou concurred.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200010004/teachers-lament-inhumane-exorbitant-zimsec-fees">NewsDay</a>, Zhou said ZIMSEC should extend the registration deadline to give parents and guardians more time to raise the required examination fees. He said:
<blockquote>
The shift by ZIMSEC from US$22 to US$24 will heap burning coals upon the heads of thousands of Zimbabwean parents.
It is prudent for ZIMSEC to realise that many pupils will drop out of school due to exorbitant school fees.
Government must, therefore, make an urgent intervention to ensure that pupils can register for examinations.
Above all, the period of registration is too short, and an extension until schools open will provide parents with a breathing space to hunt for examination fees.
</blockquote>
Examination registration fees are pegged in USD and parents can make payments in ZWL, USD or ZAR.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

ZIMSEC Examination Fees "Unhumane" - Teachers

The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has extended the June examination registration period for Ordinary and Advanced levels.
In a statement, ZIMSEC said it has extended the deadline to 24 March 2023. Reads the notice:
<blockquote>
This is to notify candidates and guardians that the ZIMSEC Ordinary and Advanced Level June 2023 Examination Registration period has been extended to Friday 24 March 2024. Visit your nearest School/ Centre for registration.
Parents and guardians are guided to pay the fees in a currency of their choice. (Rand, USD, or ZWL).
Payments in ZWL are to be made using the prevailing interbank USD to ZWL exchange rate as of the 17th of March 2023, which is ZWL$1005 to USD 1.
Stakeholders and clients must note that:
<ul>
<li>Government subsidy does not apply to candidates retaking any subjects;</li>
<li>BEAM does not support retake examinations and;</li>
<li>Candidates should have fulfilled the CALA requirements for them to sit for the June examinations.</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

ZIMSEC Extends June Registration Deadline

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has announced the interbank rate to be used by candidates when paying examination fees for the 2023 public examinations.
In a public notice, ZIMSEC also announced the deadlines for the payment of the fees. It said:
<blockquote>
[For] those who would like to make payments in the Interbank rate for Grade Seven, to be paid within the period of 3 March to 10 March 2023, the exchange rate to be applied for payments is $989 to US$1.
For June Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, to be paid within the period 15 March 2023, the exchange rate to be applied for payments is $999 to US$1.
Payments for the examination fees should not be paid directly into ZIMSEC accounts.
Candidates/ Parents should make payments to the school or centre registration for forward remission to ZIMSEC.
</blockquote>
Ordinary Level candidates in public schools will pay US$11 per subject with Government subsidizing the cost by US$24.
Private candidates in public schools will pay US$24, the same as private schools’ candidates.
Advanced Level candidates in public schools are expected to pay US$22.
A’ Level private candidates in public schools and candidates in private schools will pay US$48.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

ZIMSEC Announces Interbank Rate For Examination Fees

The pass rate for Ordinary Level Mathematics has been going down over the past four years except in 2021 when it went up slightly.
Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) spokesperson Nicholette Dhlamini told the <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/form-four-maths-not-adding-up/">Chronicle</a> that from 2019 to 2022, the Maths pass rate has been below 20 percent.
On 03 February 2023, ZIMSEC released the November 2022 results showing that only 28 percent of candidates obtained five Ordinary Level passes or better in all the subjects. Said Dhlamini:
<blockquote>
For the past four years, the pass rate for mathematics, excluding that for private candidates, has remained at slightly below 20 percent.
In 2019; 19,23 percent of public candidates passed O-level Mathematics and the figure went down to 18,21 in 2020 and slightly up to 18,71 percent in 2021. In 2022; 18,03 candidates passed Mathematics.
</blockquote>
Failing to pass Mathematics has reduced the chances of many young people enrolling at tertiary institutions.
The founder of Girls in STEM Trust Victoria Nxumalo said people should first understand the application of Mathematics to everyday life rather than making it a theoretical model that has no connection to what humans do. She said:
<blockquote>
People use Maths every day, in their homes, consciously or unconsciously. It’s practical, particularly in the early grades.
These grades are crucial in that they are the foundation of Maths. If the foundation is not laid out properly, the learner will struggle with the subsequent build-up to higher levels of Maths.
Prior knowledge is crucial and teachers have neglected that learners come with this knowledge, through the traditional games that they play at home.
Concepts such as the value of digits can be learned from Ara Wuru (the learner counts the number of boxes); Gwini is the basis of sets, which consequently leads to multiplication.
Sharing, division, and fractions are exemplified in the use of snotty apples (uxakuxaku).
Time, money, and change are done on a daily basis at home where the learner transacts in these concepts.
Patterns that kids draw at home are the basics of the principles of coding.
</blockquote>
Joel Munetsi who has been a Mathematics teacher ever since he was in Form Four in 2004 said some people have a bad attitude towards the subject. He said:
<blockquote>
There are myths that need to be dealt with before anyone attempts Mathematics because this subject is very crucial in helping us face challenges in life, I mean our lives are closely linked to Mathematics.
I often advise my clients to take it easy as some panic to the extent of failing to answer all questions within the allocated time.
I have also taught Mathematics at more than 10 schools as a teacher and have noted that it’s all about attitude. Once that changes anyone can easily pass Mathematics at whatever level.
I am currently privately tutoring Mathematics with international students and the rule remains, with constant practice, Mathematics is so basic and can be easily applicable to our everyday life.
</blockquote>

O' Level Mathematics Pass Rate Falls... Educators Say A Change Of Attitude Is Necessary

The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has maintained the 2022 Grade Seven examination fees.
Parents and guardians will pay US$29 for all subjects while Government subsidizes the fees with US$36 for the US$65 fees.
The amount should be paid in either foreign or local currency based on the prevailing interbank rate on 03 March 2023. ZIMSEC said in a statement:
<blockquote>
Please be advised that the examination fees for 2023 is US$65 for all subjects.
Government will contribute US$36 for candidates in public schools while parents and guardians will pay US$29.
Candidates from private schools and colleges will pay the full cost of US$65 as examination fees for the year.
</blockquote>
ZIMSEC spokesperson Nicky Dlamini said the termly figure will be US$10 but parents can pay the whole amount which is US$29 between 3 March and 10 March. Said Dlamini:
<blockquote>
We are basically using the same fees structure as that of last year. If a parent or guardian wants to pay the whole amount once, they will fork out US$29, between March 3 and March 10.
If one decides to pay in installments, one will pay US$10 per term.
</blockquote>

ZIMSEC Grade 7 Examination Fees Unchanged

Teacher unions have urged parents of Ordinary Level students whose results were nullified to sue the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC).
ZIMSEC released the 2022 O’ Level examinations on Friday last week  but withheld the results of almost 5 000 candidates across the country for alleged cheating.
Mukaro High School in Masvingo province is reportedly the worst affected school after the entire school’s O Level results were nullified.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200007089/more-troubles-brew-for-zimsec">NewsDay</a>, Educators Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Tapedza Zhou said parents must sue ZIMSEC for nullifying their children’s results. He said:
<blockquote>
We have been representing teachers, but we are urging parents to sue ZIMSEC. We have not witnessed something like this since Zimbabwe’s independence and during the Rhodesian era.
Almost 5 000 results were nullified, it’s a joke. ZIMSEC has put the name of the country into disrepute and our academic credentials will likely be undermined.
We don’t condone corruption and we don’t condone examination leakages, but the teachers we are representing are underpaid and they are the markers. If action is not taken, there will be more leakages this year.
</blockquote>
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure said:
<blockquote>
The withdrawal of results for almost 2% of the candidates doesn’t eliminate the risk of fake evaluation outcomes.
That punishes poor parents who religiously pay education fees. These parents have no mandate to secure examinations and ZIMSEC is solely to blame for this.
</blockquote>
ZIMSEC spokesperson Nicky Dlamini told NewsDay that concerned parents and candidates who had their results nullified should approach their schools first. She said:
<blockquote>
Affected students must approach their respective schools before approaching ZIMSEC.
</blockquote>

Teacher Unions Urge Parents To Sue ZIMSEC Over Nullified Results

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) says it will deregister schools and examination centres complicit in the leakage of examination papers.
ZIMSEC board chairperson Professor Eddie Mwenje told <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/exam-leaks-probe-zimsec-to-deregister-schools-centres/">Sunday News</a> on Saturday that the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education will deal with school heads involved in the leakage of examinations. He said:
<blockquote>
As you might be aware, there are some headmasters that are alleged to have opened examination papers.
If that was a distribution centre, it means it would receive papers before the date of the examination, we will deregister them from being a centre.
Also, if it comes out that the administration there was involved, the Ministry (of Primary and Secondary Education) will take the necessary action.
</blockquote>
The 2022 ZIMSEC Advanced and Ordinary level examinations were marred by irregularities, with thousands of candidates having pre-access to examination papers.
As a result, ZIMSEC nullified the results of 5 156 Advanced and Ordinary level candidates.
The A’ Level results were released on 13 January with ZIMSEC withholding results for 195 candidates.
The O’ Level results came out on 03 February with ZIMSEC nullifying the results of 4 961 candidates. Added Prod Mwenje:
<blockquote>
Centres have to register and qualify to administer ZIMSEC examinations. They have to adhere to ZIMSEC principles.
If they fail to adhere, we simply deregister them, they will have proved their unsuitability and if the headmaster is corrupt, we do not have the capacity to remove them because we do not employ them, their employer will deal with them.
If these are private schools we just say until you put your things in order you cannot be a centre, so the students have to write the examinations somewhere else.
</blockquote>
ZIMSEC director Lazarus Nembabware said they are in the process of fact-gathering to identify all examination centres that were complicit in the examination malpractice.
He said when the investigations are concluded, ZIMSEC will name and deregister the centres.
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education director of communications and advocacy, Taungana Ndoro, said they are fully behind ZIMSEC and will allow the exams board to do its work without interference.

ZIMSEC Vows To Deregister Examination Centres Complicit In Leakages

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) says it nullified the results of 4 961 candidates who sat for the 2022 Ordinary Level examinations for cheating.
In a statement released on Friday, 03 February, ZIMSEC board chairperson Eddie Mwenje said the figure represents 1.78% of the total candidate entry. He said:
<blockquote>
Candidates who had pre-access to question papers at different examination centres were identified during the writing of the examinations and also at the marking of scripts and grade review stages.
The results of such candidates were nullified for the subjects in question in accordance with the ZIMSEC Act section 34.
Candidates, headmasters and members of the public who were caught posting question papers on WhatsApp and those buying them were arrested and appeared in court.
All other practices that contravened the ZIMSEC Act were brought to the attention of ZIMSEC by respective schools.
As a result of the combined investigation reports from schools, and the identification of culprits at the marking and grade reviews stages, a total of 4 961 candidates had results nullified.
This number is out of 278 760 who registered for the Ordinary Level examination. The number represents 1.78% of the total candidate entry.
</blockquote>
The examinations were marred by several irregularities and some education stakeholders had called for the nullification of the examination.
Mwenje said the overall pass rate for the 2022 O’ Level examinations increased by 2.62% to 28.96% compared to 26.34% recorded in 2021. He said:
<blockquote>
A total of 278 760 candidates sat for the November 2022 examinations as compared to 249 914 candidates who sat for the same examinations in 2021.
There was an increase in the candidature of 28 846, thus translating to an increase of 11.54%.
In 2022, a total of 183 584 wrote five or more subjects and 53 169 passed five or more subjects with a grade C or better giving an overall pass rate of 28.96% as compared to l63 179 candidates who wrote five or more subjects in 2021, with 42 985 passing five or more subjects with a Grade C or better yielding a pass rate of 26.34%. The statistics show that the 2022 pass rate increased by 2.62% from 2021.
</blockquote>

ZIMSEC Nullifies Results Of 5 000 O' Level Candidates For Cheating

The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) finally released the 2022 Ordinary Level results today, Friday, 03 February. To view the results here are the steps:
<ul>
<li>Visit ZIMSEC’s website with the link <a href="https://www.zimsec.co.zw/province.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</li>
<li>Next, you’ll need to click “view results” and select the region of the school where your child took his/her exams.</li>
<li>If you are not already registered click where it says “register new user”.</li>
<li>You’ll then land on a page where you can fill out the relevant details. (If you are already registered then you can just enter your details)</li>
<li>Once registered return to the home page and enter your username and password.</li>
<li>You should be able to see the student’s 2022 ZIMSEC O-Level results online.</li>
</ul>

Here Is How To View ZIMSEC 2022 O’ Level Results

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has released the November 2022 Ordinary Level results.
The overall pass rate for 2022 is 28.96% compared to 26.34% in 2021, which is a 2.62% rise in the pass rate.
Candidates can access their results from the ZIMSEC portal from 3 PM today and collect their result slips from Monday at their centres. ZIMSEC announced on Friday:
<blockquote>
The ZIMSEC Results Portal for Ordinary Level Results will open at 1500hrs. Access is through zimsec.co.zw. Please DO NOT attempt to log on before 1500hrs.
Please note that only ONE person can log into an account. You can not create multiple accounts. Any attempt to do so will cause your account to be blocked.
A total of 278 760 candidates sat for November 2022 O Level Exams. 183 584 wrote 5 or more subjects and 53 169 passed 5 or more subjects.
Overall pass rate is 28.96% compared to 26.34% in 2021. Increase of 2.62% in the pass rate.
</blockquote>

ZIMSEC 2022 Ordinary Level Results Released

The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) is set to release the 2022 Ordinary Level results today, Friday, 03 February.
ZIMSEC spokesperson Nichollete Dlamini confirmed the development to <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/o-level-results-out-today/">State media</a>, saying:
The 2022 Ordinary Level results will be released today.
Just over two weeks ago, ZIMSEC dismissed social media claims that the November 2022 Ordinary Level examinations will be cancelled due to massive leakages of some papers.
In a statement on Tuesday, 17 January, ZIMSEC said it was finalising the processes preceding the release of the results. ZIMSEC said:
<blockquote>
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) issued a statement on the 17th of October 2022, informing the nation that some candidates had been found to have had pre-access to some Ordinary Level Question Papers. Subsequent statements were issued on the 20th of October and the 10th of November 2022 providing updates on the investigations into the matter.
ZIMSEC wishes to give the following update to the nation and our stakeholders.
<ol>
<li>There have been false reports circulating on social media, particularly from a ZIMSEC parody (false) Twitter account and an online publication, Afrogazette, purporting that the Ordinary level results have been cancelled. ZIMSEC has issued no statements on the pass rate of the 2022 O Level Examination candidates or cancellation of results. These reports are published in mischief to cause anxiety and unrest amongst candidates and parents. We advise all stakeholders to disregard these speculative attempts to cause panic and despondency and await official updates from ZIMSEC.</li>
<li>The Council is in the process of finalizing its assessment of 2022 Ordinary Level performance. The November 2022 Ordinary Level examinations marking has been completed. Processes that precede the release of the results are currently underway.</li>
<li>Candidates who had pre-access to question papers at different examination centres were identified during the writing of the examinations and also at the marking of scripts stage. These candidates will, in line with the ZIMSEC Act, Section 34, have examination results cancelled.</li>
<li>Our stakeholders are called upon to expect the release of results to deserving candidates when all necessary processes have been completed.</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
We wish to thank the public and all our stakeholders for their interest and cooperation in ensuring the integrity of our examination system.
</blockquote>

ZIMSEC 2022 O' Level Results Set To Be Released Today

The Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Edgar Moyo said that there is no law that says Advanced Level learners should do a certain number of subjects.
An A’ Level candidate is expected to write three subjects and attain a minimum of two “E’s”, that is, two points in two different subjects to be considered to have passed.
But Moyo said that is just a custom and practice and not based on any law. He said:
<blockquote>
The more subjects you learn the greater conceptualisation of the areas that you will be learning.
For example, if someone is doing Pure Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Statistics, the concepts build into each other and help you in other subjects.
The requirement of two or three A’ Level passes at university is just a custom and practice. There is no law that stipulates that.
It emanated from that a child with three subjects which are related, he/she can find a career.
However, the challenge of doing more subjects might be that there will be more workload for the student especially if they are not really gifted and it also becomes a burden to the parents in terms of financing.
</blockquote>
The issue has been topical in recent weeks after a former Ruya Adventist Secondary School student Tadiwanashe Mavetera scored 10As in the November 2022 ZIMSEC A’ Level examination.
Moyo said they have noted the debate and concerns being raised by the public and as the Ministry of Education, they will discuss the matter. He said:
<blockquote>
We have not really sat down to discuss this issue as a Ministry but it is something that we are just noting.
The public has been raising this issue of high grades so at some point we might need to sit down and look at it probably to come up with a policy because policies come up because of what will be obtaining on the ground.
At the moment what I can say is that we are noting the concerns.
</blockquote>
At Pamushana High School in Bikita, 103 students scored more than 15 points each, with the school’s best student, Abraham Ndlovu attaining 30 points after getting straight As in Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Pure Mathematics and Statistics. | <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/high-passes-do-not-affect-exam-credibility-zimsec/">The Sunday News</a>

Three Subjects At A' Level Is Just Custom, Not Law - Deputy Minister Moyo

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) says there is nothing wrong with Advanced Level candidates attaining high grades in public examinations.
This comes after a former Ruya Adventist Secondary School student Tadiwanashe Mavetera scored 10As in the November 2022 ZIMSEC A’ Level examination while at Pamushana High School in Bikita there was a high yield of As with 103 students scoring more than 15 points each.
Pamushana High School’s best student, Abraham Ndlovu scored 30 points and he got straight As in Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Pure Mathematics and Statistics.
ZIMSEC spokesperson Nicky Dlamini said people should understand that access to learning resources has increased, hence high passes attained at A’ Level. She said:
<blockquote>
Our mandate is to award candidates according to their performances. We do not change grades because candidates are performing well.
One thing that we should realise is that the candidates that are being compared now have better access to learning resources and extra lessons that they are exposed to.
Therefore, it will be obvious that those that have access to these resources will perform much better.
It does not affect the credibility of examinations at all because we assess the curriculum being taught to these candidates.
The public should investigate how were the students being taught. What was their learning system like?
How did that school produce those results? ZIMSEC comes after teaching, we do not come before teaching.
If these candidates are doing well, people should then look at the teaching to say there is a good teacher behind the candidate.
We benchmark regionally and internationally for our assessment standards.
We do not judge or look at individual candidates, we look at assessment standards, and that is our mandate.
</blockquote>
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Deputy Minister Edgar Moyo said the improved grades were normal. | <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/high-passes-do-not-affect-exam-credibility-zimsec/">The Sunday News</a>

ZIMSEC Says High Passes Do Not Affect Exam Credibility

Five learners from Vhembe High School in Beitbridge have been found guilty of cheating in the November 2022 ZIMSEC Ordinary Level examinations.
The learners were slapped with suspended sentences varying from six months to a year.
The learners were identified as Immaculate Mapako (18), Eussein Makaranga (18), Tinotenda Mavusi (16), Paul Moto (16), and Patricia Dube (18).
Prosecutor Olivia Chamutinya said the learners accessed different leaked exam papers through social media.
She said the matter only came out after one of the students alerted the invigilator Lindani Sibanda who in turn informed the school head Petros Sibanda during an exam that she had seen the paper that she was writing.
Beitbridge Magistrate Variro Gabi sentenced Mapako to 12 months, suspended two months for Makaranga and Dube got eight months, while Mavusi and Moyo were sentenced to six months each. All the learners will do community service.
In passing the sentences, the magistrate considered the learners’ ages.
The verdict was delivered on Wednesday last week. | <a href="https://masvingomirror.com/5-beitbridge-students-get-1-year-sentences-for-cheating%ef%bf%bc/">The Mirror</a>

Community Service For Five Beitbridge O' Level Exams Cheats

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) says school-going children of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) holders are expected to produce valid examination results when they return to Zimbabwe.
The examination results will be measured using the qualification equivalence grade conversion system so that they can be admitted to further their education.
For learners who may not have sat for examinations yet in South Africa but want to return to school in Zimbabwe, they will be assessed at the school level by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.
ZIMSEC public relations manager Nicky Dlamini said admittance into primary and secondary education will be measured by syllabus coverage of the learners from South Africa which will determine where they will be placed to continue with their education before they sit for public examinations. She said:
<blockquote>
The grade conversion is what is termed ‘Qualifications Equivalence’. This is a process where candidates have their grades equated to the grading standards of the country in which they wish to continue their education.
For instance, candidates would need to get an equivalence of their Matric to Zimsec qualifications so as to know which level they have attained according to the educational system in Zimbabwe.
All examination boards have a standard that they abide by when conducting equivalence.
The syllabus of the country of origin and the syllabus of the country in which they wish to study are compared and contrasted. The assessment models and instruments are also used.
These standards are according to assessment standards set and regulated by the Southern African Association for Education Assessment (SAAEA), Association for Education Assessment for Africa (AEAA), and the International Association for Education Assessment (IAEA).
</blockquote>
Dlamini said parents and guardians will be required to pay Equivalence of Qualifications which costs US$15 and is payable in local currency at the interbank rate of the day.
The process takes a maximum of 48 hours and learners must provide their original certificates awarded by the examining board.
Zimbabwe is expecting to receive tens of thousands of citizens in the coming months from South Africa when their ZEP permits expire. | <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/zimsec-clarifies-guidelines-for-learners-from-south-africa/">The Sunday News</a>

ZIMSEC Speaks On Guidelines For Learners From South Africa

At the end of 2022, the Zimbabwean government announced that it would introduce Technical High Schools in 2023. It also said that the initiative would start as a pilot with just one school per province converted into a Technical High School.
At the announcement of the initiative, Education Minister Paul Mavhima explained the concept:
<blockquote>
As a ministry, we decided to come up with these schools of excellence that favours the competence of learners in their respective areas of choice with the targeted subjects of learning being technical and science ones.
</blockquote>
Students focusing on those subjects will be examined and awarded by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC). The certificates will be on par with an Advanced Level certificate, with holders able to enroll at university.
This week, Primary and Secondary Education ministry secretary Tumisang Thabela said that the government has now identified the schools which will serve as the first Technical High Schools in Zimbabwe. 
The schools include:
<ul>
<li>Hwange High School (Matabeleland North province), which will specialise in textile technology and design</li>
<li>Luveve High School (Bulawayo Province) specializing in aviation studies</li>
<li>Allan Wilson High School (Harare) specialising in metal technology and design</li>
<li>Chipindura High School  (Mashonaland Central) providing building technology</li>
<li>Umzingwane High (Matabeleland South) which will specialise in wood work</li>
</ul>
Said Thabela to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200006261/govt-introduces-technical-high-schools">NewsDay:</a>
<blockquote>
“The technical high schools will endeavour to help pupils acquire innovative industrial skills that will either fit them well into industry or enable them to be job creators as opposed to being job seekers.
The ministry — in line with equity development has started an initiative of converting ordinary classrooms into science laboratories. It will increase the uptake of STEM learning areas. There is need to raise those schools outside the national electricity grid to experience green energy in their schools for improved operations.
</blockquote>

Government Names Technical High Schools In Zimbabwe

<h2>Full statement by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council on November 2022 Ordinary Level Results.</h2>
<blockquote>
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) issued a statement on the 17th of October 2022, informing the nation that some candidates had been found to have had pre-access to some Ordinary Level Question Papers. Subsequent statements were issued on the 20th of October and the 10th of November 2022 providing updates on the investigations into the matter.
ZIMSEC wishes to give the following update to the nation and our stakeholders.
<ol>
<li>There have been false reports circulating on social media, particularly from a ZIMSEC parody (false) Twitter account and an online publication, Afrogazette, purporting that the Ordinary level results have been cancelled. ZIMSEC has issued no statements on the pass rate of the 2022 O Level Examination candidates or cancellation of results. These reports are published in mischief to cause anxiety and unrest amongst candidates and parents. We advise all stakeholders to disregard these speculative attempts to cause panic and despondency and await official updates from ZIMSEC.</li>
<li>The Council is in the process of finalizing its assessment of 2022 Ordinary Level performance. The November 2022 Ordinary Level examinations marking has been completed. Processes that precede the release of the results are currently underway.</li>
<li>Candidates who had pre-access to question papers at different examination centres were identified during the writing of the examinations and also at the marking of scripts stage. These candidates will, in line with the ZIMSEC Act, Section 34, have examination results cancelled.</li>
<li>Our stakeholders are called upon to expect the release of results to deserving candidates when all necessary processes have been completed.</li>
</ol>
We wish to thank the public and all our stakeholders for their interest and cooperation in ensuring the integrity of our examination system.
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ZIMSEC Statement On November 2022 Ordinary Level Results | Full Text

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has dismissed social media claims that the November 2022 Ordinary Level examinations will be cancelled due to massive leakages of some papers.
In a statement on Tuesday, 17 January, ZIMSEC said it is finalising the processes preceding the release of the results.
It also said those candidates who had access to exam papers before they were written were identified during the writing of the examinations and also at the marking of scripts stage and their examination results cancelled. Part of the statement reads:
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There have been false reports circulating on social media, particularly from a ZIMSEC parody (false) Twitter account and an online publication, Afrogazette, purporting that the Ordinary level results have been cancelled.
We haven’t issued any statements on the pass rate of the 2022 O Level Examination candidates or cancellation of results.
These reports are published in mischief to cause anxiety and unrest amongst candidates and parents.
We advise all stakeholders to disregard these speculative attempts to cause panic and despondency and await official updates from ZIMSEC.
We are in the process of finalising the assessment of 2022 Ordinary Level performance and have completed the marking.
The processes which precede the release of the results are currently underway.
</blockquote>
ZIMSEC added that the results will be announced at the appropriate time when all the processes have been completed. It said:
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Our stakeholders are called upon to expect the release of results to deserving candidates when all necessary processes have been completed.
We wish to thank the public and all our stakeholders for their interest and cooperation in ensuring the integrity of our examination system.
</blockquote>
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