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ZJC not re-introduced -minister Mavima
26 Apr 2015 at 08:36hrs | Views
GOVERNMENT has no plans to re-introduce the Zimbabwe Junior Certificate (ZJC) examinations.
ZJC examinations were discontinued in 1999 following the recommendation from the Nziramasanga Commission of Inquiry which found them irrelevant in modern education.
According to Sunday Mail, Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Professor Paul Mavima, said there are no plans from Government to re-introduce ZJC as they have developed a continuous assessment process right from ECD to "A" level.
The minister said ZJC created a bottleneck elimination system which only focused on the academic strengths of students while ignoring technical abilities.
The bottleneck was an elimination system used by the colonialist to eliminate African students who were academically inferior.
"We have adopted a continuous assessment policy system which does not eliminate but identifies the strengths and weaknesses of students from primary to secondary," he said.
"ZJC, through the bottleneck system, was selective because right at that stage some practically talented minds were denied education due to their academic inferiorities. So by that measure ZJC falls away."
Before their withdrawal, ZJC exams were written at Form 2 to assess the progress of students in preparation for "O" level examinations.
Some experts, therefore, believe re-introducing the ZJC exams will improve "O" level results
ZJC examinations were discontinued in 1999 following the recommendation from the Nziramasanga Commission of Inquiry which found them irrelevant in modern education.
According to Sunday Mail, Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Professor Paul Mavima, said there are no plans from Government to re-introduce ZJC as they have developed a continuous assessment process right from ECD to "A" level.
The minister said ZJC created a bottleneck elimination system which only focused on the academic strengths of students while ignoring technical abilities.
The bottleneck was an elimination system used by the colonialist to eliminate African students who were academically inferior.
"We have adopted a continuous assessment policy system which does not eliminate but identifies the strengths and weaknesses of students from primary to secondary," he said.
"ZJC, through the bottleneck system, was selective because right at that stage some practically talented minds were denied education due to their academic inferiorities. So by that measure ZJC falls away."
Before their withdrawal, ZJC exams were written at Form 2 to assess the progress of students in preparation for "O" level examinations.
Some experts, therefore, believe re-introducing the ZJC exams will improve "O" level results
Source - Sunday Mail
