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Zimsec in registration mop-up exercise
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has initiated a registration mop-up exercise for candidates who missed the initial registration deadline for the November 2025 Ordinary and Advanced L...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:19hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Schools directed to completely phase out CALA
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has called on schools across Zimbabwe to swiftly implement the new policy of school-based projects and completely phase out Continuous Assessment Learni...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:50hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Parents call for a downward review of Zimsec exam registration fees
WITH about a month left before the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2024 examination registration deadline, parents have called for a downward review of the registration fees.Whil...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec opens registration for June and November 2024 examinations
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has announced the opening of registrations for the ZIMSEC June and November 2024 Examinations.The registration fees are now pegged in USD but ...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 16:03hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Parents plead for reduction of exam fees
PARENTS and guardians have implored the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) to consider reviewing downwards the June and November examination fees for Ordinary and Advanced level candidates,...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec sets registration dates
Dates for the registration of those sitting the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examinations in June and November this year have now been set and parents and guardians need to be in cont...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mop-up registration for Zimsec candidates
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council is running a one-week mop-up registration for the November O-level and A-level examinations to catch late entries from examination centres, after regular regis...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec announces November examination fees deadline
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has said the deadline for paying November Ordinary and Advanced level examination fees remains April 14 contrary to other dates being speculated with ...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'We should protect integrity of our public exams'
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has suggested that the education system should do everything possible to protect public examinati...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 07:41hrs | 11 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Zimsec pegs exam fees in US$
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has announced fees for the November examinations, with government subsidising 55% for pupils in public schools.In a statement, the examination...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scorecard after 4 years
THIS week had two special days - Workers Day and Press Freedom Day - they both had muted celebrations. Something has changed, the economy is not working and the two are now holidays threatened by exti...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 13 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimsec exams on this year, says Govt
GOVERNMENT has said the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) November examinations will go ahead as scheduled with a possibility of a spillover to 2022 despite the COVID-19-induced disruption...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:20hrs | 4 | by Cedric Steele
Schools will reopen as directed by Mnangagwa
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday told Parliament that schools will reopen as directed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, adding that he would soon issue a ministerial stat...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 2 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Govt, parents clash over June exams suspension
PARENTS are up in arms with government over its recent decision to suspend Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) June "O" and "A" Level examinations.Most parents interviewed by NewsDay...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe scraps mid-year final examinations
Zimbabwe has scrapped mid-year final examinations citing coronavirus disruptions to learning.Final year students sitting the ZIMSEC Ordinary Level and Advanced Level exams normally have two bi...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec markers down pens over allowances
ZIMBABWE School Examination Council (Zimsec) markers yesterday downed tools demanding transport and subsistence allowances two weeks after commencing duty.The striking markers were marking 202...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
600 000 to sit for exams amid Covid-19
THE Government has assured the nation that this year's public examinations will proceed this week with more than 600 000 candidates expected to sit for the exams despite the spiking Covid-19 cases in ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for Covid-19+ students
PUBLIC examination candidates who test positive for Covid-19 will be allowed to sit for their exams under special health protocols, that include sitting in isolated exam rooms with strict monitoring b...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fears over 2020 Exams
EDUCATION stakeholders have expressed fears that the teachers' strike could compromise this year's Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) results for Ordinary and Advanced level candidates....Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends registration deadline
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has extended the registration period for November 2020 Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations to cater for pupils and schools that failed to do so d...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
November exams in February - teachers
TEACHERS' unions have called on the Government to defer the opening of schools and writing of the November Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) final examinations to 2021 noting that learners...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'ZCTU will protest until Mnangagwa listens'
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says the country was now in a humanitarian crisis and accused government of ignoring the plight of workers and of downplaying the impact of its austerity m...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No pay, no invigilation: Zimsec told
TEACHERS have threatened to withdraw invigilation services in the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) October to November examinations if the public exam body reneges on paying them their due...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:09hrs | | 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
Guidelines for A-Level recruitment set
Government has put in place operational guidelines for enrolment of pupils into Lower Sixth Form for 2019, to ensure all learning areas are well subscribed and all classes are viable. In a sta...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:52hrs | | 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
Pupils want Novemebr exams shelved
Pupils have appealed to President Mnangagwa for the suspension of the 2018 November public examinations, saying they will not have fully prepared due to disturbances caused by elections, especially th...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Science Catastrophe looming in rural schools
All learners are now supposed to sit for a Combined Science Practical examination, thus according to the dictates of the new curriculum. The move is plausible as practical science investigation gives ...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 16:52hrs | | by ARTUZ
Njube High congratulates top performers
Njube High School, the Head, staff and SDC would like to congratulate the 2017 O-Level candidates for doing well in the November Examinations.Congratulations! Makorokoto! Amhlophe! to the followin...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Exam 'cheats' sue Zimsec
FIFTEEN Regina Mundi High School pupils who were blacklisted for alleged examination cheating have taken the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) and the Minister of Primary and Secondary Edu...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top performing schools named
A total of 57 pupils from more than 20 schools in the Matabeleland region contributed to the 773 pupils who managed to come out with 15 points and above in last year's Advanced Level November examinat...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:09hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Cop turns niece into sex slave
WONDERS, they say, shall never end!A married police officer based at Nkulumane Police Station in Bulawayo apparently admitted that his agility between the sheets has turned his 17-year-old nie...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman forges 0' Level certificate
A 46-YEAR-OLD woman from Chitungwiza has admitted to faking an Ordinary Level certificate which earned her a place to study for a degree in Marketing Management with the Midlands State University. ...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 17:04hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
HEXCO results out
Higher Education Examination Council (HEXCO) results for March and April 2017 examinations are out. Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development permanent secretary Ambassador Mac...Published: 04 May 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIMSEC should extend exam registration
I got a shock of my lifetime when I heard that The Zimbabwe schools Examination council Zimsec set 31 March as the deadline for Ordinary and Advanced level exam registration for the November Examinati...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 17:05hrs | 1 | by G.Magorira
Girls outshine boys at A-Level
Girls outshone boys in Advanced Level Zimbabwe School Examinations Council's November examinations whose results were released last Friday. According to an analysis by zimsec, female candidates sc...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo sources fees for pupils from 11 schools
Tsholotsho North MP Professor Jonathan Moyo has sourced more than $10 000 to pay examination fees for Form Four pupils from 11 schools in the constituency. The pupils were in danger of failing to writ...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
Tough times for Hwange
On June 19 last year, Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, on behalf of the Government of Zimbabwe, commissioned equipment worth $32 million that was largely touted as signalling the renaissance of Hwan...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whiz-kid scores 29 A- Level points
Eighteen-year-old St Faith High School of Rusape student, Munashe Elton Mandizvidza, scored 29 points in the 2015 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Advanced level examinations.Mand...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Elita Chikwati
A-Level pass-rate up
THE November 2015 Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) Advanced Level results are ready for collection, with the pass rate going up to 87,6 percent from 82,6 percent last year.Zimsec...Published: 22 Jan 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Allegedly missing results for graduating MSU students
There have been sensational revelations that while the Midlands State University rushed to arrange for the second graduation ceremony, some results which are missing.Sources said the rushed Mi...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 10:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo schools top Zimbabwe charts
BULAWAYO province recorded the highest overall pass rates in the 2014 Grade Seven and O-Level public examinations while posting exceptional results at A-Level.An examination results analysis b...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 05:40hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Mysterious deaths at school
MYSTERIOUS deaths have hit a primary school in Mutare District, with three pupils having lost their lives recently.What is baffling the Chitakatira community is that only Grade Seven pupils pr...Published: 17 Jul 2015 at 15:34hrs | | by Mercy Ngwebvu and Tendai Gukutikwa
Empandeni standards dropping
EDITOR,If what is happening at one of the country's once revered schools, Empandeni Girls High in Matabeleland South, is anything to go by then pupils and their parents are in a for a rude awa...Published: 10 Jun 2015 at 08:29hrs | 3 | by Concerned Parents, Bulawayo
School heads ban June exams
SOME school heads have banned pupils from writing the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) June O-level examinations while A-level candidates are being given stringent conditions to sit for th...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 09:28hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma
Demand for university places goes up
Despite the shrinking job market, demand for university places is going up with some 2 000 applicants having been turned away at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU), an official has said. This...Published: 17 Apr 2015 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
2014 Zimsec O-Level results out
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) November 2014 Ordinary Level results are out, with the pass rate rising by more than 10 percent to 30,85 percent as compared to the previous year....Published: 07 Feb 2015 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'A' Level Results analysis
ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCILNOVEMBER 2014 EXAMINATIONS: ADVANCED LEVEL RESULTS ANALYSISTo give a clear understanding of candidates in the same situation, we have grouped the a...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Exam ‘cheats' acquitted
TWO trainee teachers from Gweru and a cook at Mkoba teachers' college who were being accused of leaking an Ordinary Level Mathematics November Examination Paper One to pupils and private candidates w...Published: 18 Jan 2015 at 07:17hrs | | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
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