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O'level exam answer sheet varnishes in thin air
In a bizarre incident, a form four school girl at Zhomba High School lost her answer sheet to a whirlwind while writing her exam yesterday.According to police the 16-year-old girl who cannot b...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 12:18hrs | 908 | by Simbarashe Sithole
No CALA, no results for A and O-level learners
Advanced and Ordinary Level learners in Zimbabwe who do not have a Continuous Assessment Learning Area (CALA) mark will not receive their results, even if they have completed the theoretical part of t...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:27hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Form 1 girl passes Cambridge O Level exams
A Form One learner at Atlantic Academy in Harare, Shalom Zingwe, took the Cambridge O Level exams last year aged only 14 and scored three A grades in Computer Science, Accounting and Economics with Bs...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | 11 | 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
MP Elizabeth Masuku reported to ZACC over O Level exam scandal
Matabeleland North Member of Parliament, Elizabeth Masuku, is facing allegations of misconduct and corruption, as reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC). According to a letter obta...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:36hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
18 Binga schools record 0% passes
AT least 18 schools in Binga, Matabeleland North province, recorded a zero percent pass rate at Ordinary Level 2022 examinations, with teachers unions yesterday saying such results showed education in...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:02hrs | 5 | 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 speaks on O Level exams results
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has said it is finalising the processes preceding the release of the November 2022 Ordinary Level examination results, contrary to some false reports ...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 15:07hrs | 6 | 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
O Level exams now being marked at gunpoint
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has deployed a team of heavily armed riot police officers at the Midlands State University (MSU) to keep a close eye on disgruntled examiners marking Zimbabwe School...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Riot police beat up O level Examination makers
Citizen Coaliation for Change (CCC) official Job Sikhala has claimed that riot police has been deployed today to beat up O level Examina...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 14:27hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimsec June results out
Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) June 2020 Ordinary and Advanced Level results are out. Centre heads can start collecting them from regional offices today and results can also be accessed...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2017 O-Level pass rate down to 26.35%
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) November 2017 Ordinary Level results are out, with the pass rate falling to 26.35 percent to 27.92 percent as compared to the previous year.Th...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 15:34hrs | 10 | by Ndou Paul
Man arrested over leaked O Level exam paper
A 25-YEAR-OLD man appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with contravening the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Act after allegedly leaking a 2017 "O" Level English examination ...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
We celebrated the independence that never was- ZimFirst leader
The ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba has said the excitement that he and other Zimbabweans had when Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980 has proved that the celebrated the independence they have falle...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Furore over scrapping of O Level exams
Weeks after educationist Caiphus Nziramasanga re-affirmed his assertion that Grade 7 and O' Level examinations should be scrapped, the issue has sparked heated debate among parents, teachers union...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scrap irrelevant 'O' Level exams
Educationist Dr Caiphus Nziramasanga has called for total scrapping of Grade 7 and Ordinary Level examinations claiming they have become irrelevant to modern education and costly to Government....Published: 09 Aug 2015 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) organising protest march
Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has organized a protest march scheduled for today in Harare against the introduction of the grade seven examination fees and the increases of the Ord...Published: 28 May 2015 at 06:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
O level exam fee up
The government has announced an increase in Ordinary Level examination fees and an introduction of examination fees for Grade 7.The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Dr Lazarus Doko...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 ecsta...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 08:53hrs | 2 | by Molline Gagare and Emily Mbewe
Fall in schools' pass rate alarms MPs
MBIZO MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC-T) has given notice to introduce a motion to debate the deteriorating standards of public education following the withdrawal of teachers' incentives by Primary and S...Published: 17 Aug 2014 at 15:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marvo management at it again
Marvo employees who have spent almost 18 months continuously without pay are yet to enjoy the US $. Since 2009 they have never been paid full pay but it became worse last year January 2013 up unti...Published: 10 Jun 2014 at 13:07hrs | 2 | by Disgruntled Marvo Workers
Whizz-kid (15) scores distinctions at the University of Zimbabwe
University of Zimbabwe whizz-kid Maud Chifamba, who became the youngest student at 14 the college last year, continues to dazzle.The 15-year-old prodigy became the youngest student at universi...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Help For Bulawayo Boy Thembani
Thembani Phiri (15) suffers from congenital elephantiasis, mostly caused by an obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, which results in extreme swelling of the skin and tissues, typically in the lower ...Published: 08 Feb 2012 at 08:42hrs | | by African baobab Foundation
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