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ZIMSEC set exams on a holiday
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) is in a race against time to notify candidates sitting for the mid-year Ordinary Level examinations about a sudden change in the exam schedule after t...Published: 15 May 2025 at 14:12hrs | 461 | 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 w...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:54hrs | 13 | 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
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....Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 13:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec in shocking U-turn over 'exam cheats'
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) pulled a shocker yesterday after it released the 2022 Ordinary Level results for Mukaro and Silveira high schools in Masvingo, a few days after withho...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:02hrs | 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 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....Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec clarifies guidelines for learners from South Africa
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has laid down the technicalities that will be considered for absorbing learners coming from outside the country into the country's education system....Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
80% pass ZIMSEC 2022 A-Level exams
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) Advanced Level examination results for November 2022 are now out.All those who sat fo...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 16:44hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Breaking: Zimsec A Level Results out Today
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has reported that A level results for 2022 will be released today.Ms Nicky Dlamini, Zimsec spo...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 09:27hrs | 35 | by Desmond Nleya
ZIMSEC battles to plug question paper leakages
Zimbabwe's school examinations system is under siege from cheats who are getting access to question papers prior to the date of writing, prompting authorities to rope in the police to fight the scourg...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exam cheats face imprisonment
STUDENTS, teachers and school heads who engage or facilitate cheating during Zimsec examinations now face arrest and imprisonment.The Government, through Zimsec, announced a raft of penalties ...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends examinations registration
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has extended the registration period for Grade 7, Ordinary and Advanced Level candidates to next Friday giving examination centres a week-long window ...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec clears air on forex exam fees
SCHOOLS that are pegging examination fees exclusively in foreign currency are flouting regulations set by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 06:55hrs | 52 | by Staff Reporter
Zimsec announces exam fees
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has announced November 2022 US$ pegged examination fees with the Government maintaining the 55 percent subsidy for candidates writing examinations in ...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools complain over exam fees collection
SCHOOLS are left financially poorer every time they collect examination fees on behalf of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) through bank and transport costs charges and have appealed t...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
No date for O and A-level results release, says Zimsec
LOWER Sixth pupils are now expected to start lessons in the second term after the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) failed to release O-level results in time.In the past years, Zim...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No clear timelines for Grade 7 results release, says Zimsec
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) says it is unable to reveal the timelines and dates when Grade 7 examination results are expected to be released next year due to COVID-19 restriction...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No changes to Zimsec November exam schedule'
Government has said it does not envisage any changes to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) public examinations schedule, but would continue monitoring the situation in schools in light ...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Late registration on Zimsec
CANDIDATES that intend to sit for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) November 2021 session and had missed the deadline can still register until 30 July, an official has said.The...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
3 teachers succumb to COVID-19
THREE Karoi teachers last Thursday succumbed to COVID-19 amid reports that some of them were still awaiting payment from the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for marking "O" Level examina...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to blame for 6,8% pass rate drop
TEACHERS unions yesterday blamed government for the 6,8% drop in the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 O-Level pass rate.The unions attributed poor budgetary allocations to th...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
A level exam results out soon
The November 2020 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Advanced Level results will be released end of this month or early next month.In an interview this morning, ZIMSEC public relati...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 results out
Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has released the 2020 Grade Seven results.Zimsec public relations manager Ms Nicky Dlamini has confirmed but said further details will be released lat...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 17:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No date yet for schools opening
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said there is no date yet for the opening of schools, while the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) says there will be no public exam res...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:57hrs | 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
Zimsec starts marking O' and A' level June exams
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) on Monday started marking the June 2020 Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations.The process started after markers who tested negative to Covi...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
New rules for Zimsec candidates
Students sitting for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Ordinary and Advanced Level exams in November will get a final mark that will be computed using a practical and examination mark,...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec dismisses exam paper leaks
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has dismissed social media reports claiming that there would be a resit for three examination papers that allegedly leaked during the just-ended Novem...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher caught writing exam for pupil
A TEACHER at Camelot High School in Kwekwe has been suspended after he was allegedly caught in possession of a completed Mathematics paper while the examination was still in progress.The teach...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
'O' Level results today
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) November 2017 Ordinary Level results will be released today, an official confirmed yesterday.Traditionally the results are released by mid-Feb...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
O'Level results out next Friday
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has announced that the November 2017 Ordinary Level results will be released next Friday and the registration deadline for this year's June examinatio...Published: 17 Feb 2018 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mat North Grade 7 results missing
A number of schools in Matabeleland North did not receive their Grade Seven results, it has been learnt.School heads who spoke to Sunday News said they have been stuck at the provincial educat...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil tries to commit suicide after being caught cheating in exam
AN Upper Six pupil from Sizane High School in Bulawayo allegedly tried to commit suicide twice after she was caught cheating in a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Biology paper 3 examinat...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
No rewrites for leaked Maths paper
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has quashed social media reports that candidates will re-sit the Mathematics paper 1 which leaked and was accessed by at least 12 candidates last week...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
O-level Maths paper leaks hours before exams?
THE 2017 Ordinary level Mathematics paper which was written last week allegedly leaked a few hours before it was sat for at Kamativi Secondary School in Matabeleland North, it has been learnt....Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial exam cheat caught red-handed
A 22-YEAR-OLD woman was caught writing a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level Mathematics examination for another candidate at Irisvale Secondary School in Matabeleland South's...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shame on Zimsec as it fails to spell 'Plumtree' in grade 7 exam paper
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dismissed claims that the Grade Seven General Paper 1 was marred with irregularities.The Ministry last week instituted an investigation foll...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec probe after exam paper errors
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is investigating alleged irregularities in the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven General Paper 1 examination amid concerns from p...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scores buy fake 2017 Maths exam paper after 'leak'
SCORES of pupils who were hoping to cheat in the Ordinary Level Mathematics November 2017 examination ended up being cheated themselves after they bought a fake "leaked" paper.The Zimbabwe Sch...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tonga to be examined at A Level
TONGA will be written as a public examination at Advanced Level for the first time in Zimbabwe this year, the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) has said.Zimsec public relations ma...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec dismisses top 100 A-Level schools' list
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has dismissed as fake, a purported top 100 Advanced Level schools' list circulating on various social media platforms.The list of the coun...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top private school investigated for premature opening of exams
The Zimbabwe Schools' Examination Council (Zimsec) is investigating how students at the Midlands Christian College (MCC) in Gweru ended up writing their November 2016 English Ordinary level paper ...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 08:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec postpones A-Level Biology exam
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) has postponed an Advanced Level Biology examination due to a shortage of materials required for the paper.The examination body sent circu...Published: 10 Nov 2016 at 04:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec withholds November 2015 A-level results
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has withheld some results for November 2015 Advanced Level examinations for several schools amid suspicion that candidates might have cheated, Sunday ...Published: 31 Jan 2016 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by tinomuda chakanyuka
Zimsec exam markers not yet paid
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven markers have expressed concern over delays by the examinations body to pay them.The markers yesterday said they feared the examina...Published: 04 Dec 2015 at 05:48hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Asiagate scandal takes a new twist, 16 more players suspended
The Asiagate soccer scandal has taken a fresh twist with details emerging that 16 players were omitted in the initial list published of those 82 suspended.The inclusion is of the ...Published: 14 Feb 2012 at 08:33hrs | 2 | by Alois Sibanda
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