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Pupils taught wrong syllabus
23 Jul 2015 at 09:23hrs | Views
DOMINICAN Convent High School in Bulawayo has been teaching the wrong Cambridge examinations Bible Knowledge syllabus to Ordinary Level pupils, The Chronicle reported.
The school discovered the mistake just three months before pupils sit for their final examination. Parents have since been notified that their children will have to work harder for them to pass the subject, a development that has sent some pupils into panic mode.
Pupils at the Catholic-run school are paying $1,300 school fees per term and 45 British pounds examination fees per O-Level Cambridge subject.
The school's headmistress, Rudo Matsika, said the school ovelooked the 2015 syllabus challenge.
Said Matsika: "I am writing to let you know that there are some changes in the Bible Knowledge 2015 examination papers which the department had overlooked. We have, however, put measures in place to cover the necessary aspects that have not yet been covered."
The school discovered the mistake just three months before pupils sit for their final examination. Parents have since been notified that their children will have to work harder for them to pass the subject, a development that has sent some pupils into panic mode.
The school's headmistress, Rudo Matsika, said the school ovelooked the 2015 syllabus challenge.
Said Matsika: "I am writing to let you know that there are some changes in the Bible Knowledge 2015 examination papers which the department had overlooked. We have, however, put measures in place to cover the necessary aspects that have not yet been covered."
Source - chronicle
