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30% Bulawayo O'Level pupils fail in all subjects

MORE THAN 2 700 pupils, about 30 percent of those who sat for public examinations at Ordinary Level in Bulawayo last year did not pass any subject, a development which is giving education officials headaches.The province was placed sixth a…

Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

English Made Easy by the Language Coach

In the past weeks we looked at letter writing. We established that letters were section B of Zimsec English Paper One in the section for guided composition. This comes in the form of a compulsory question worth 20 marks. There are several …

Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 10:02hrs | 257 | by Language Coach

What happens to the 80% who failed O-level?

Ordinary ('O') level exam results are out, and the pass rate is a mere 20%. That means only 20% of the students who sat for the exam may proceed to the next academic level. What happens to the 80% that failed? And what happens to all the p…

Published: 25 Feb 2014 at 10:14hrs | 18 | by Lesley Nyirenda

History teacher breaks own record in O-Level results

AT a time when most people are spitting on the teaching profession and leaving to seek the so-called greener pastures either locally or abroad, this is not so with Ms Thoko Ndebele of Mpopoma High School in Bulawayo.Ms Ndebele (43) still c…

Published: 28 Sep 2013 at 04:31hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter

Zim Top O, A-Level schools for 2011 named

LAST year's pass rates for Zimsec Ordinary and Advanced Levels improved significantly compared to 2010.The pass rate for the November results for O-Level improved by four percent, while that for A-Level improved by over 10 percent.The 2011…

Published: 06 Mar 2012 at 20:31hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

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30% Bulawayo O'Level pupils fail in all subjects

English Made Easy by the Language Coach

What happens to the 80% who failed O-level?

History teacher breaks own record in O-Level results

Zim Top O, A-Level schools for 2011 named

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