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900 candidates linked to suspected Zimsec paper leak
In a shocking development ahead of the upcoming Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, approximately 900 candidates have been linked to a suspected exa...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:49hrs | 2481 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec June exam leak plotter arrested
A 23-year-old Polytechnic student from Mbizo, Kwekwe, appeared in court yesterday facing fraud charges after allegedly creating a WhatsApp group to leak Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) O...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:40hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Exam fees scandal rock Hwange school
A number of learners in Hwange District may be unable to take their Grade Seven examinations due to some primary schools demanding fees more than double the amount specified by the Zimbabwe Schools Ex...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:46hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams proceed without reported leakages
The 2024 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade 7, Ordinary, and Advanced Level examinations have unfolded without any reports of paper leakages, marking a significant improvement compare...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:07hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster in court for exam scandal
The headmaster of Ivyluck College, Tafadzwa Chikohora (31), appeared in court yesterday on charges of stealing exam fees intended for three students who were set to sit for their Zimbabwe School Exami...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 13:13hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec transporters unpaid for 2023 gig
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) is facing allegations of failing to compensate service providers for vehicles hired to transport examination papers last year. Zimsec had contracted v...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:14hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec upgrades examinations security
As Zimbabwe prepares for the commencement of Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations this month, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has introduced enhanced security measures aimed at pre...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:37hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
No exam paper leakages during June exams
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) confirmed that there were no examination paper leakages during the mid-year public exams held from May 27 to June 21, 2024. Over 32,000 candidates par...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Heightened security for Zimsec exams
New security measures have been implemented to prevent the leakage of public examination question papers in Zimbabwe. These measures involve the secure delivery of exam papers to the testing centers u...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
All set for Grade 7 final exams
The Grade Seven public examinations are set to begin tomorrow, and all preparations have been finalized, with the exam papers distributed to all cluster centers across the country. Comprehensive secur...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Exam cheats face nine years in prison
Individuals convicted of leaking public examination question papers in Zimbabwe now face more severe penalties, including up to nine years in prison, while students found guilty of the same offense wi...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 08:54hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
No glitches in Zimbabwe's June exams
THE post Covid-19 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) June examinations are progressing well and the candidates writing the tests are those supplementing.Ordinary and Advanced Level ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Schools connive with police to leak exams
EXAMINATION leaks happen at schools where officials work in cahoots with police, a senior Government official has said.The Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Edgar Moyo told s...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 12:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Minister advised to stay off media'
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu yesterday aborted a scheduled media briefing and tour at the last minute to assess how the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) secures ...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:46hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
109 exam cheats arrested
Police have arrested over 100 learners accused of sharing a leaked Ordinary Level Mathematics Paper One, which they sat a fortnight ago, with the authorities now considering amendment of the Zimbabwe ...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'I earned more as a farmworker in South Africa than as a maths teacher in Zimbabwe'
A teacher living in Zimbabwe says he made more money working as a citrus farm labourer in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape than he does teaching mathematics in his hometown.Nhamburo (not his real name) ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
University data clerk leaks exam papers
A DATA clerk at the Women's University in Africa (WUA) was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda charged with contravening the Cyber Security and Data Protection Act for leaking ex...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
All set for exam classes re-opening
All systems are in place for the resumption of the 2021 Zimsec examinations after a two-week break over the Christmas and New Year holidays.President Mnangagwa last week announced the indefini...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Public examinations timetable released
PUBLIC examinations will start at the end of November for Grade Seven candidates, while Ordinary and Advanced Level pupils will start writing in mid-December overlapping into 2022. Government has prev...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Deployment of Shona teachers in Matabeleland schools is the main cause for low pass rates
"To weaken a Ndebele is to deprive him of an education", said the author of the 1979 Grand Plan, Nathan Shamuyarira. The document itself is the most evil conspiracy theory in Africa, to be produced by...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 11:51hrs | 6 | by Israel Dube
Keep knocking at Heaven's door with prayers to God
Now that again schooling seem out of sight due to the evil Coronavirus, parents and guardians are urged to keep an eye on their children. Being young, energetic and restless, they are vulnerab...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Tondo
Man steals, leaks O-Level exam papers
Police are hunting down buyers of Zimsec Mathematics and English examination papers stolen by a worker at the Zimsec printing works who was arrested and brought to court on Saturday. The 22-ye...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand answers over Zimsec boob
MEMBERS of Parliament on Wednesday demanded that Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema must explain the issue of the Geography paper examination boob and the fact that children at rura...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams to begin on December 1
GRADE SEVEN candidates will be the first to sit for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) public exams in December, with results set to be published in the same month to allow them ample t...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
British Council sucked into Riverton Academy exam scam
MASVINGO-BASED Riverton Academy has been rocked by an "A" Level Cambridge examinations cheating scam that has sucked in the British Council Exam Board.Since Riverton became a Cambridge examina...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:37hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec issues warning on fake exam papers
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has said members of the public must guard against fraudsters selling fake examination papers ahead of the 2019 June public examinations that start on ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
More Zimsec exam anomalies exposed
The Zimbabwe National School Examination Council (Zimsec) could be put under further scrutiny after revelations that the November 2018 exams from grade seven right up to 'A' level were marred by irreg...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:41hrs | 2 | by Staff repporter
New Zimsec regulations, a nightmare for grade 7 exams
The just ended Grade seven examinations started on a chaotic note following new regulations from the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) which caused logistical problems in the transportation...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher loses grade 7 exam papers
In an incident that will put the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) into disrepute, a Marirangwe Primary School deputy head Lyson Sithole lost the English Paper 1 examination scheduled to b...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 16:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec warns of fake exam papers
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has warned that unscrupulous people are selling "fake examination papers." The fake papers are being sold for as much as $50 per copy. In a statement, ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Useless Zimsec fails to design a timetable, O-Level exam papers clash
ORDINARY Level Accounts, Economics and Business Studies candidates are today set to sit all the three papers after taking a break of only 20 minutes following a clash in the examination timetable. ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
It's dangerous for schools to collect exam papers on day of writing
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has said the move by Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) to say in order to prevent examinations leakages schools are supposed to collect t...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Teachers request ZIMSEC meeting
Teachers under the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe PTZU have threatened to boycott participating in the upcoming ZIMSEC examinations if the examination board fails to engage them and come up wi...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec prints exam papers in the UK
THE Zimbabwe Examinations Council (Zimsec) is printing part of the November public examination papers in the United Kingdom to avoid leakages, it has been revealed.Zimsec has its own printing ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZACC tackles Zimsec exam leaks
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has revealed that they will be conducting investigations in education sector following multiple examination leakages.The Zimbabwe Schools Examina...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Yes, we can dream big once more
Zanu-PF stole people of Zimbabwe's dreams for so many years. Some did not realize their full potential because they had put in place a system based on Zanu-PF patronage not on merit. When the situatio...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 08:13hrs | 4 | by AT Kadada
Mujuru's bread and butter issues vs Chamisa's Bullet Trains elitist dream.
Revolutionary greetings comrades. We all have noble dreams for our country. However some of the dreams are not feasible hence the need to be realistic even in dreams. Morocco recently launched...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Khulani David Ndhlovu
Zimsec wins results cancellation challenge
THE four Ordinary Level pupils at St David'S Bonda High School, whose results were withheld by the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) last month, will have to brace themselves for another ex...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents demand withheld O Level results
FOUR parents with children at St David's Bonda High School in Manicaland, have approached the High Court seeking an order compelling the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) to release the 20...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec leaks scandal deepens
The leakage of last year's "O" Level examination papers was not confined to the English Language Paper 2 as the Mathematics and Science papers also found their way into the hands of candidates ahead o...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:13hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
Parents expect heads to roll
It was like some divine force influenced us last Sunday to write our lead story titled "A-Level results hit by inflation?", like we were seeing the future. Though the message was subtle, in essence ou...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimsec must fall'
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has led a mass outrage against the decision by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to force over 260 000 to re-sit last year's O'Level English ...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaplain, teacher in the court for sexual abuse
A chaplain and teacher at Matthew Rusike Children's Home in Epworth have been hauled before the courts for allegedly sexually abusing vulnerable children under their care.The 50-year-old chapl...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 05:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Can technology stop leaking of Zimsec exam papers?
The leaking of Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) exam papers continues to be a problem associated with exams in Zimbabwe, and almost every year, an exam paper, usually O' Level Maths gets l...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
PDP raps Zimsec over leaked examinations
People's Democratic Party Deputy National Spokesperson Nqobizitha Khumalo has rapped the Ziombabwe School Examinations Council over the continuous leak of examinations in the country.He said w...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
How to pass O-Level History exams
History belongs to the Humanities in the updated curriculum and success in the subject at ''Á'' Level alongside other subjects will lead one to a career in Law or the Social Sciences. Thus, it is inc...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 09:24hrs | | by Freedom Mutanda
Grade 7 exams set by people with no educational qualification - MLF
It has come to our attention that when Lazarus Dokora called for further 'training' of teachers, that never happened he really did not mean it but he only wanted to present a chance to employ his trib...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by MLF Information Department
Why I sometimes hate technology
"Technology takes us closer to people who are billion miles away actually at the same time takes us far away from the people who are actually closer"Te...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 13:02hrs | | by Belinda Chowa
Riot cop bashed with iron bar
A member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police support unit guarding Zimsec exam papers in Gutu, Masvingo at Mupandawana Secondary school was struck with an iron bar. This is the third time such an incident...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 18:27hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Support Unit cop robbed of his gun
A member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit was attacked and robbed of his gun in Zvishavane on Monday.According to police papers, it is alleged a cop only identified as consta...Published: 01 Nov 2016 at 19:11hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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