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Anger over barefooted pupil denied exam
30 Oct 2015 at 01:58hrs | Views
Belvin Chibi, a Form Four pupil at the Catholic Church run Mweyamutsvene Mission, missed his third national examination paper today because he does not have school shoes, The Herald can reveal.
The pupil has already missed two examinations - English (Paper 1) and Commerce (Paper 2) after the headmaster's wife Mrs Nyasha Rubende barred him from the examination room because he had no school shoes.
Today he did not write the remaining English paper.
Mrs Rubende is a teacher at the school at which her husband Mr Abel Zebron Rubende is the headmaster.
The Catholic Church today expressed shock at the incident amid indications Mr Rubende summoned Chibi to his office today and offered that he sits the June 2016 examinations at his cost.
It is understood Mr Rubende is also keen to engage the boy's relatives.
The pupil has already missed two examinations - English (Paper 1) and Commerce (Paper 2) after the headmaster's wife Mrs Nyasha Rubende barred him from the examination room because he had no school shoes.
Today he did not write the remaining English paper.
The Catholic Church today expressed shock at the incident amid indications Mr Rubende summoned Chibi to his office today and offered that he sits the June 2016 examinations at his cost.
It is understood Mr Rubende is also keen to engage the boy's relatives.
Source - the herald
