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Poor Grade 7 results are no basis for denying Form 1 places, says Court
In a landmark decision, High Court Judge Justice Fatima Maxwell has declared the refusal by Harare High School to enroll students for Form 1 based on their Grade 7 examination results as unlawful....Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 12:26hrs | 3182 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo achieves impressive pass rate in Grade 7 exams
Bulawayo Province has continued its strong performance in the 2024 Grade Seven examinations, with an impressive pass rate of 80.14%. This marks a notable improvement from last year's 79.60% pass rate....Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:19hrs | 2425 | by Staff reporter
49% pass rate in 2024 Grade 7 exams
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has revealed that the national pass rate for the 2024 Grade Seven exams stands at 49.01%, marking a notable increase from last year's 45.57%. The resu...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:00hrs | 1605 | 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
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
16 pregnant pupils fail to write Grade 7 exams
At least 16 pupils from Monozi Primary School in Mbire District were unable to sit for their Grade Seven Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations last week after falling pregnant. Th...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 575 | 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 exami...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams start
GRADE seven Zimsec examinations started smoothly yesterday without any hiccups being reported.A survey by The Herald around Harare established that teachers ignored calls for industrial action...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams in limbo
ZIMBABWE Schools Examination Council (Zimsec)'s Grade Seven final examinations due to start on Monday could be plunged into chaos as teachers have threatened to down tools on the day to protest poor p...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Examination fees shocker
GOVERNMENT has raised examination fees by up to three times, and immediately attracted brickbats from weary parents.Many parents, still to come to terms with school fees hikes and already batt...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Back to school for Form Ones
THE opening of schools comes into full swing today when Form One classes join the rest of the learners, with teachers also expected to resume their normal duties.Schools opened for the First T...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Misihairabwi-Mushonga fumes over 0 % grade 7 pass rates
MDC-T legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has urged government to allow pupils who failed their 2020 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) Grade 7 exams to rewrite the crucial test....Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams marking begins
The marking of Grade Seven examinations starts today as the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced level candidates resume examinations tomorrow. Form Four and For...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mental patient kills Grade 7 pupil
Tragedy struck a couple in Mtapa, Gweru, when their daughter, a Grade 7 pupil, died on the spot after she was allegedly struck by a mental patient with a stone on the left ear while on her way from sc...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | | 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
Back to school, back to period poverty!
In a country with 3 million girls and women who menstruate, with about a third of them being school going children either in primary or secondary school, there is a good chance that thousands of them ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 11:36hrs | 1 | by Theresa Nyava
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
Pupil misses exam after teacher's lashing
A CHISHAKWE Primary School Grade 7 pupil failed to write her final exams after sustaining a swollen right arm following strong canning allegedly by her teacher who had been agitated after she failed t...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is the only country we have, please stop being so negative about it!
Memories that will Never Go. It was a day that l will never forget. Sitting in the classroom our teacher was busy teaching us. All of a sudden, we saw the whole school was covered in green and red. Se...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 10:49hrs | | by Sinqobile Sibanda
Matabeleland South Grade 7 exams pass rate drops
THE pass rate in the Grade Seven examinations in Matabeleland South dropped from 52 percent to 49,39 percent last year.The province has 512 primary schools and nine schools recorded 100 percen...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
29 Matabeleland schools record 0% pass rate for Grade 7 exams
TWENTY-NINE primary schools in Matabeleland North province recorded zero percent pass rate in the 2017 Grade Seven public examinations.Matabeleland North deputy director responsible for primar...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 13:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Ibhetshu Likazulu hails govt
Pressure group Ibhetshu Likazulu has hailed government's move to finally issue birth certificates and identity cards to people who were affected by Gukurahundi.The organisation's spokesperson,...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whizz kid goes to school
Bulawayo whizz kid whose dream of becoming a doctor almost came to a standstill after his former school could not give him the his grade 7 results slip as he owed $442 has finally geared up for new be...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 12:45hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
Labour pains during grade 7 exams
There was drama at Murongwe Primary School in Mberengwa after a grade seven pupil suddenly went into labour during an examination.Amid shock and pandemonium, school authorities whisked her to ...Published: 14 Oct 2016 at 07:01hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Dokora changes Grade 7 curriculum, more subjects for Grade 7 exams
GRADE 7 final examination candidates will soon write more than four subjects under the new education curriculum, which, among other innovations, demands "thorough" aptitude testing. Multiple c...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele banned in Binga schools
This is despite the fact that the council has no power to make such decisions which solely lie with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.The local authority pulled a shocker late la...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt sets Grade 7 exam fees
Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Paul Mavima, yesterday told the National Assembly that Grade 7 examination fees had been set at $3. Mavima said schoolchildren would start p...Published: 14 May 2015 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's top private schools performs dismally, in bottom 10
THREE of Bulawayo's top private schools failed to justify the high fees they demand after they performed dismally in the November 2014 Grade 7 examinations.Carmel Primary School, Petra and W...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 03:52hrs | 45 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Headmaster, teacher write grade 7 exams for pupils
A HEADMASTER at Vengwe Primary School in Mberengwa has been arrested for allegedly instructing teachers to write Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council Grade Seven examinations for pupils at the rural s...Published: 11 Jan 2015 at 10:38hrs | 3 | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Grade 7 exams marking fiasco unearthed
A SHAMEFUL plot to discredit specific primary schools in Manicaland that have the past record of producing good results was unearthed during the recent Grade Seven English Paper Two marking process in...Published: 22 Nov 2014 at 14:47hrs | | by Ray Bande
Binga bans teaching of Ndebele in schools
THE Binga Rural District Council (BRDC) pulled a shocker last Friday after passing a resolution banning the teaching of Ndebele in council schools in a move it said was aimed at promoting the Tonga l...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Students ditch isiNdebele for mother tongue
At Nyongolo Primary School in Lubangwe (Hwange), there were 26 students writing Grade 7 in 2013. 23 chose to sit for TjiNambya Exams and only 3 set for IsiNdebele. The trend is increasing....Published: 29 Mar 2014 at 15:58hrs | 1 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Gukurahundi blamed for 0% pass rate
THE poor Grade 7 results in the Matabeleland South province where some schools recorded a 0% pass rate has been blamed on Gukurahundi and the government's continued deployment of teachers who cannot s...Published: 27 Jan 2014 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams hangs in balance
THE prospect of Grade 7 pupils sitting for examinations this year hangs in balance after Treasury failed to allocate funds to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council.Government subsidises ex...Published: 17 Jan 2014 at 04:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers paid $2 for marking Grade 7 exams
Chaos reigned supreme at Masvingo Teachers' College on Friday after primary school teachers protested against a paltry $2 they were offered for marking this year's Grade Seven national exams....Published: 12 Nov 2013 at 10:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman abducts girl (12) over mum's affair with her man
A RUSAPE cross-border (22) is alleged to have abducted a 12-year-old whiz-kid after she had an argument with her mother over an affair with the man three months ago.Ottilia Karonga who scored ...Published: 23 Feb 2013 at 14:52hrs | | by Senior Reporter
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