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418 000 pupils to sit for grade 7 exams

At least 418 000 pupils will sit for the Grade 7 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) exams starting on September 22, with the Government assuring the public that strict measures are in place to prevent paper leakages.Primary and …

Published: 12 Sep 2025 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Call for ban on touts after rape of Grade 7 learner at rank

ZIMBABWEANS have called for the outright ban on touts operating at ranks and streets of Harare after a Grade 7 school girl was raped in a parked kombi at Rezende Parkade last Friday.Initially, the learner was humiliated by touts who were d…

Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 09:18hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter

Teacher sentenced for assaulting grade 7 pupil

A 27-year-old teacher employed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has been sentenced for assaulting a 15-year-old Grade 7 pupil at a primary school in Gwai.Shyleen Nenduva appeared before the Hwange Magistrates' Court where…

Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:24hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter

Controversy erupts over expulsion of grade 7 pupil from Bulawayo school

A 13-year-old Grade 7 pupil at Robert Tredgold Primary School in Bulawayo has been expelled after a tribal led disciplinary committee found him guilty of four serious charges relating to misconduct between February and March 2025. The alle…

Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 12:08hrs | 2319 | by Staff reporter

Schools shortage hits Cowdray Park

Cowdray Park, one of Bulawayo's largest and fastest-growing suburbs, is grappling with a severe shortage of schools, clinics, and other essential amenities, as rapid population growth continues to outpace infrastructure development.Accordi…

Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:38hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter

BCC schools excel in Zimsec Grade 7 examinations

Bulawayo City Council (BCC) schools have once again demonstrated their educational excellence, recording an impressive 64.65% pass rate in the 2024 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade 7 final examinations. This result is we…

Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:38hrs | 244 | 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. The 2024 results reflect the province'…

Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:19hrs | 2456 | 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. The disturbing revelation was made by a t…

Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter

Mohadi urges Bulawayo to vote Zanu-PF for development

VICE President Kembo Mohadi yesterday said by-elections set for next Saturday are an opportunity for Bulawayo to correct its mistake on August 23 by voting for Zanu-PF this time around.The city needed to have representation in the country'…

Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:40hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Girls outshine boys in Grade 7 results

Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven results released yesterday have a 45,5 pass rate, significantly up from 40,7 last year, with girls on average doing better than boys with a 49,56 percent pass rate compared to 41,21…

Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Grade 7 results set for next Friday

THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination (Zimsec) Grade Seven examination results will be released on Friday next week, Chronicle Online has learnt.In a press conference invitation letter  sent to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Educati…

Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:44hrs | 23 | 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

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

Grade 7 pupil gives birth, writes exam from hospital bed

SHE is 13 years old but already a mother of a one-month-old baby girl.The girl, of Mkhosana in Victoria Falls, shocked all and sundry when she wrote part of her Zimsec Grade Seven general examinations on a hospital bed soon after giving bi…

Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Shona teachers blamed after 50 Matebeleland North schools record zero pass rate at Grade 7

A TOTAL of 51 primary schools in Matebeleland North recorded zero percent pass rate in the 2021 Grade Seven public examinations. The number, according to the statistics seen by Sunday News, was a slight improvement from 2020 when a whoppin…

Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:27hrs | 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

MPs push for Grade Seven exam June rewrite

RURAL schools are poorly resourced compared to those in urban areas, a gap often reflected in public examination results. Shortage of information and communication technologies (ICT) tools and the Covid-19- induced lockdown is extending th…

Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Teachers bemoan drop in 2020 Grade Seven pass rate

TEACHERS have bemoaned the drop in the 2020 Grade Seven pass rate and urged Government to work with mobile network providers so that data for online lessons is affordable. The national pass rate is 37,11 percent compared to 46,9 percent re…

Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Grade 7 pupils to write five subjects

AGRICULTURE has been introduced as an examinable subject at Grade 7 with effect from 2015, bringing to five the number of subjects written by final-year primary school pupils.The subject had for years been taught from Form 1 while Grade 7 …

Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimsec's Nhandara must be fired for playing fejafeja with our minds

I FOUND the Press statement by Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) director Esau Nhandara provocative and very annoying.He was defending his mischievous Grade 7 Ndebele Paper 1, whose choice of words has caused an outcry from cus…

Published: 22 Oct 2013 at 03:27hrs | 1 | by Cont Mhlanga

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