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Government finalises preps for exams

The Zimbabwean Government is finalising arrangements for the upcoming Grade Seven, Form Four, and Upper Sixth examinations, set to begin next month, as schools reopened last week for the final term of the 2025 academic year. Thousands of l…

Published: 2 hrs ago | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Zimsec exams won't leak'

The Government has reassured parents, guardians, and students that upcoming Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) exams will be free from leakages, declaring the issue "a thing of the past."With schools set to reopen for the third …

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 12:27hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Parents call on police to act over fake Cambridge exams

Parents of 16 students from Destiny Achievers College in Harare are demanding urgent police action after discovering they were victims of a fake Cambridge O-Level examination scam allegedly orchestrated by the school's owner, Ms. Cynthia G…

Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 16:09hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter

All set for June 2025 Zimsec exams

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has assured the nation that all preparations for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) June 2025 examinations are in place, with the session officially commencing this Friday.Spea…

Published: 24 May 2025 at 11:02hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe students shine in Cambridge exams

Zimbabwean students who sat the internationally acclaimed Cambridge Examinations recorded a very high pass rate in 2023, Advanced Level results released this week have shown, with parents excited about the wave of success.Many schools acro…

Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:45hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter

Rescheduled O Level examinations set for this week

THE rescheduled Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced Level Biology and Combined Science will now be written on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.The subjects were postponed due to security and logistical re…

Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Grade 7 exams start

The ZIMSEC Grade Seven examinations commenced smoothly yesterday, with no reported hitches or delays.Parents, when interviewed, expressed their appreciation for the seamless start of the examinations. Ms. Brenda Taodzera, a parent of a Gra…

Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:09hrs | 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 security measures are in place to prevent ma…

Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimsec scouts for examination markers

THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has called for applications from potential markers ahead of this year's training course for marking  Ordinary and Advanced Level Syllabi.They are 23 O-Level and eight A-Level examinabl…

Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 13:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

What happens to pupils who fail O-Level exams?

THE debate on the just released 2022 Ordinary Level examination results saw one central question popping up: what will happen to the over 70 percent of pupils who did not pass at least five ordinary levels?Last week, the Zimbabwe School Ex…

Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

No fees hike for Zimbabwe's Grade 7 examinations

THE Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) has maintained the 2022 Grade Seven examination fees figure with parents or guardians set to pay US$29 for all subjects while Government subsidizes the fees with US$36 for the US$65 fees.T…

Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

More troubles brew for Zimsec

TEACHER unions have urged parents of Ordinary Level students whose results were nullified last week to sue the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for presiding over flawed examinations.More troubles appear to be brewing for the …

Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Public exams resume

THE ZIMSEC Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations resumed smoothly yesterday as candidates sat for their first papers after a two-week festive break.O-Level candidates sat for their Biology paper in the morning while A-Level students wro…

Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Grade 7 examinations start today

All primary schools are ready to hold in a safe environment the Zimsec Grade 7 examinations that start today.Special efforts were made by the schools and Government to put in place acceptable measures, informed by World Health Organisation…

Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

HEXCO examinations suspended

GOVERNMENT has suspended the Higher Education Examination Council (HEXCO) examinations that were set to start tomorrow due to Covid-19.The examinations were set to end on Friday.Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Techno…

Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 16:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Exams cheating scandal rocks Zimbabwe army

AN examination cheating scandal has rocked the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) after more than 100 soldiers - including one with links to the Commander-in-Chief President Emmerson Mnangagwa - breached rules and engaged in dishonest practices …

Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimsec June exams cancelled

The June 2021 Zimsec public examinations for both O and A-Levels have been cancelled following disruptions caused by Covid-19 and the resulting lockdown with those who had wanted to sit in June now joining the large majority who are being …

Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Hive of activity at schools

THERE was a hive of activity in schools yesterday as parents accompanied their children to school as non-examination classes opened yesterday. Some even took to social media platforms to celebrate the reopening of schools following a long …

Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Parliament calls for suspension of exams

Rising Covid 19 cases in schools across the country has resulted in parliament recommending that it defers end of year examinations. Since last week Zimbabwe has been reporting a high number of positive cases at learning institutions with …

Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Exams must go on, trade WhatsApp time with study time

The education department should be given credit for allowing exams to go on despite the call by students to have the exams shelved due to reasons known to them. What surprises me the most is that most students of the twenty first century a…

Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Erick Matotoba

MDC-T university exam cheat MP worry Chinatomba

Zanu-PF legislator Joseph Chinotimba  raised concern in parliament Wednesday on alleged double standards employed at universities when students and legislators are caught cheating during examinations.Chinotimba said full time universi…

Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 13:13hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou

Pupil barred from exam over braids

A GEORGE STARK, Harare, Form Four pupil was barred from writing a Zimsec Commerce Paper 2 examination last Wednesday on account of her braided hair.Cynthia Johannes, candidate number 3074, was ordered out of the examination room by the sch…

Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Abigail Mawonde

Whiz kid attains 11As, 2Bs in 2014 O level exams

A DAVID Livingstone Memorial Secondary School pupil got 10 As while another from Msiteli Secondary School in Bulawayo attained 11 As and two Bs in the 2014 Ordinary Level examinations.An ecstatic Butholezwe Sibanda - the former headboy at …

Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 08:53hrs | 2 | by Molline Gagare and Emily Mbewe

No leniency on exam cheats

Government will not be lenient on the 680 candidates from nine schools in the Midlands who were linked to the leaking of two Ordinary Level examination question papers last year, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.Primary and Secondary Educ…

Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 07:50hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba

Preparing for a Certification Exam

Merry Christmas to you and yours, I got this this morning via email and though it might help someone out there, it was originally written by Luis Carselle, link to the original article is at the bottom.Most people agree that the most …

Published: 24 Dec 2012 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Luis Carselle, Moyo Roy

Age sold out exam cheating teacher

THE Bulawayo Accounts and Mathematics private teacher who was allegedly caught writing an examination on behalf of an Ordinary Level candidate at the Methodist College in Makokoba was sold out by his age.Edward Moyo (40) and Phephile Dlami…

Published: 01 Nov 2012 at 04:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

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