'Teacher steals students' exam fees'

A TEACHER at a private secondary school in Chinhoyi yesterday appeared in court facing a theft charge after he allegedly diverted over $900 in students' examination fees.

Petros Chizumba, a teacher at King Solomon Private Academy in Chinhoyi, was not asked to plead to the theft charge when he appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Singadu Njele.

He was remanded on free bail to November 21 for trial.

It is the State case that between March and May this year, Chizumba received examination fees for 14 Ordinary Level students at his school, but converted the money to his personal use.

The issue came to light on Monday when the students were refused to write their O-Level Mathematics Paper One at the nearby Chemagamba High School.

Students at the private college use Chemagamba High School as their examination centre.

Trust Mukarati prosecuted.