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Teachers unions oppose June exams, schools reopening
While the Government continues working out how to reopen schools in phases, starting with public examination classes, as Zimsec finalises plans for the late June examinations, some teachers unions are...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:23hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec 2020 June exams to commence on the 22nd of June
THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary education, Mrs Tumisang Thabela says 2020 June exams will start on 29 June to the 22nd of July under strict guidelines from the ministr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 17:22hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Govt set to stagger reopening of schools
GOVERNMENT will in the next three weeks announce more than 820 examination centres for candidates sitting for the deferred June public examinations while it prepares for the staggered opening of schoo...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
O and A Level June examinations ready
TIE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) yesterday told Parliament that examination papers and other logistics were ready with around 66 000 students expected to sit for 'O' and 'A' Level Jun...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2281 | by Staff reporter
ZIMSEC gives candidates reprieve
Candidates who failed to register for Ordinary and Advanced Levels for the November 2020 due to Covid-19 related challenges will get a reprieve after the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) ...Published: 18 May 2020 at 19:32hrs | 2079 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec faces Parly grilling
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education will today sit to receive oral evidence from the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) on running public examinations d...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1546 | by Staff reporter
'Schools to determine opening days'
AUTHORITIES at schools and colleges, including parents are expected to meet and come up with plans that will determine when they can resume classes especially for pupils and students sitting for publi...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:19hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
June exams pushed back by a month
Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) on Friday announced the postponement of June examinations by four weeks due to the global Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Schools in Zimbabwe were...Published: 08 May 2020 at 22:56hrs | 1814 | by Staff reporter
Bridging the digital divide - Digital libraries - Case for Zimbabwe
"If you can't visit the Web, the Web can be brought to you. "The challenges that face ICT development in Africa have to be tackled at the same level at which they occur .The digital divi...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 142 | by Robert Ndlovu
Reinstate ZJC children's literature in English
ENCOURAGED by the open platform characterising the amendment of the old school curriculum, allow me space to share my concerns with readers and stakeholders about the discontinuation of the teaching o...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:43hrs | 170 | by Patrick katsaura
June exams pushed back by a month
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has provisionally pushed back this year's June examinations by a month.The decision was reached by senior Zimsec officials last week at a meet...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:12hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Postpone Zimsec examinations, says Parents
PARENTS and guardians have called on the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) to postpone the 2020 June and November examinations to December considering that lessons have been affected by th...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:29hrs | 2086 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 exposes, heightens inequalities
Not so long ago, just before lockdown, a man reported to human resources at his workplace that he was not coming to work because he was experiencing flu and malaria-like symptoms. Because he had not b...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 322 | by Gloria Ndoro Mkombachoto
Cloud hangs over June exams
DATES for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 June examinations will likely be determined at the end of the lockdown period, it has been learnt.Representatives of teacher or...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:37hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends registration period
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has extended the registration period for November 2020 Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, and will open a window for late entries after the end...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Zimta bemoans teachers' predicament
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has bemoaned the plight of teachers during the three-week lockdown meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.In a statement on Monday, Zimta secretary-gene...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 08:10hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Postpone June exams, says Zimta
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has proposed the postponement of the June and November 2020 examinations owing to the failure by teachers to travel to their nearest centres to administer the...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Teachers call for postponment of June and November exams
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association has urged the government to consider postponing the June and November Examination until the threat from the deadly Coronavirus has passed. ZIMTA issued a stat...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 11:19hrs | 1678 | by Mandla Ndlovu
2020 exams to go on as planned
THE government has said the current wave of coronavirus (Covid-19) which has affected several sectors in the country will not have an effect on the preparations for the 2020 Zimbabwe School Examinatio...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:50hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
'Zimsec exams not cancelled'
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has dismissed as false a story circulating on social media advising that O' and A' Level examinations for both June and November 2020 had been cancelled...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Dilemma over school exams
Government is in a dilemma whether to delay the registration of school examinations the deadline for payment of examination fees for June was yesterday March 30 and April 9, 2020 for the November exam...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 13:31hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec encourages online registration
GOVERNMENT has said 2020 Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) public examinations candidates should register online while it assesses the effectiveness of the virtual platforms.Registr...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 13:59hrs | 3084 | by Staff reporter
'Postpone exam registration'
TEACHERS have appealed to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) to postpone examination registration to avoid the spread of the deadly coronavirus when headmasters travel to provincial and...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:18hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns schools over exam fees
Parents and guardians who are turned away by school authorities for not producing cash for examination fees payments, should report to Government for corrective action to be taken. This was sa...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
Fake O level results lands woman in trouble
Bid to dubiously acquire an Advanced level place at Mazowe high backfired for a 19 year-old Mazowe woman.Petunia Faiti was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment yesterday by Concession magistrat...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 09:09hrs | 2094 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Overhaul for Grade 7 exams
GRADE Seven pupils will from next year be examined in six final subjects as part of an education curriculum review being implemented by Government to mould a generation equipped with modern societal s...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:57hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt injects more cash to fight coronavirus
TREASURY has a $3,2 billion kitty to fund social protection programmes for vulnerable members of society and also bankroll contingency measures against the spread of coronavirus.The resources ...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:45hrs | 785 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimsec hikes exam fees again
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has once again increased examination fees for Grade 7, ‘O' and ‘A' Levels, with the government offering to release $150 million towards subsidisin...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 11:58hrs | 5598 | by Staff reporter
Government announces new exam fees
GOVERNMENT has announced new 2020 public examinations fees and released $150 million to Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) to subsidise fees for those learning at Government schools, local a...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena pays examination fees for 995 pupils
GOKWE-NEMBUDZIYA legislator Honourable Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) has paid examinations fees for 995 pupils sitting for this year's end of year Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) exa...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
ZIMSEC Please Be Honest On Results Inflation
Dear The recent article on examination grade results inflation by Prof A. Mutambara and the criticism that followed shows how shallow minded we are. It is a fact that examination results do no...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 17:22hrs | 1366 | by Munya Shumba
High teacher-pupil ratios blamed for poor performance of learner
TEACHERS have urged Government to ensure that the recommended teacher-pupil ratios are adhered to as most schools were operating way above the set benchmarks. The teachers said the obtain...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:50hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo, stakeholders tour National Sports Stadium
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo today teamed up with stakeholders in a tour of the National Sports Stadium in Harare as Government moves to resolve stadium crisi...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 14:10hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec dismisses allegations of grade inflation
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has refuted allegations of grade inflation in last year's public examinations.The examinations board came under fire after Former Deputy Prime...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 14:08hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec wins appeal
Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council has won an appeal against a High Court decision blocking it from ordering a re-write for the 2017 Ordinary Level English Paper 2, which had leaked resulting in the...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 13:16hrs | 4918 | by Staff reporter
Schools defy Government exam fees directive
SOME schools have defied the Government's directive to revert to the 2015 Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level fees pegged at $15 per subject insisting that parents should pay $...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:58hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
New teacher recruitment plan
Government will soon consider a systematic recruitment of teachers that will see them being employed in their provinces of origin in line with the devolution agenda, chairperson of the Parliamentary P...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 08:23hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec reduce examination fees to $15
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has heeded the Government's directive to reduce examination fees to $15. Zimsec had increased exam fees to $190 per subject from $15 for Ordin...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:26hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Making Zimbabwe a mighty gladiator
"Look before you leap," so goes the age-old adage. Granted, only God the Almighty boasts precise, pre-knowledge about the future of a person or a nation. But be that as it may, had Zimsec allowed the ...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:33hrs | 126 | by Stephen Mpofu
Zim government resorts to old examination fees
Zimbabwe's Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema, has rescinded the recently announced 2020 examination fees. Mathema said new examination fees will be announced after further ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 16:45hrs | 955 | by Daniel Itai
Cheating students get their O-Level results
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has "mistakenly" released the Ordinary Level results for the nine Chiredzi students accused of cheating, although the public examinations body had ear...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:42hrs | 2122 | by Staff reporter
MP holds school heads to account for 0 to 3% pass rate - real change guaranteed is when people hold MP to account
"Chiredzi South legislator Kalisto Gwanetsa last week called a meeting with all school heads in his constituency after it recorded poor results during the 2019 Grade 7, Ordinary Level and Advance Leve...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 08:58hrs | 857 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa urged to consider reducing exam fees
JUNIOR Parliamentarians have petitioned the Government to consider reducing the examination fees which were hiked by more than 1 200 percent by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) last w...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1386 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally wants Chinese nationals barred from entering Zimbabwe
MDC Parliamentary Chief Whip, Prosper Mutseyami has questioned why the government is still allowing visitors from China to enter Zimbabwe in light of the calamitous coronavirus outbreak, which has kil...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 10:42hrs | 2274 | by newzimbabwe
Kalisto Gwanetsa reads riot act to school heads over poor results
Chiredzi South legislator Kalisto Gwanetsa last week called a meeting with all school heads in his constituency after it recorded poor results during the 2019 Grade 7, Ordinary Level and Advance Level...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 09:04hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Zimsec fees increase
THE recent increase in examination fees by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has sparked an outcry among parents, with most saying the hike will make education unaffordable to many. ...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 05:33hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara's Zimsec prognosis will hurt the poor
Renowned and leading African scientist and scholar, Professor AGO Mutambara, ignited a storm with his recent piece alleging shameless and scandalous grade inflation by ZIMSEC citing a school where 79 ...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1723 | by Munya Gwisai
Zimsec hikes exam fees
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council has announced new examinations fees which will see registration for an O-Level subject going up to $190 up from $15 last year, representing a massive 1166 perc...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:24hrs | 2866 | by Staff reporter
Of Zimbabwe's educated fools, thinkers
LAST week, Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira made a startling revelation in as far as the Zimbabwean education system is concerned.Speaking at a Zanu-PF meeting in Masvingo, ...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 16:19hrs | 1042 | by Cliff Chiduku
'Zimsec pass rate improving'
ZIMBABWE's latest Ordinary-Level examination results reveal that the pass rate has been improving over the past five years despite the fact that more than half of the students failed, the local public...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:13hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
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