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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 | 924 | 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 | 593 | by Staff reporter
3 Girls College pupils test COVID-19 positive
THREE Lower Six pupils at Girls College in Bulawayo contracted Covid-19, forcing the school to conduct mass testing on learners in selected classes and staff members on Tuesday. The pupils who...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | 241 | by Staff repporter
Zimsec June exams cancelled
The June 2021 Zimsec public examinations for both O and A-Levels have been cancelled following disruptions caused by Covid-19 and the resulting lockdown with those who had wanted to sit in June now jo...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:38hrs | 294 | 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 | 505 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls new Zimsec exams model
THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry will introduce a new examination model, which will include student continuous assessments marks and final examination marks.The new model, to be im...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:34hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
New exam model for Forms 4 and 6
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said this year all examination classes will be subjected to a new model that will combine marks for continuous assessment as well as final examinati...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1415 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants push for better salaries
CIVIL servants have implored the government to go back to the negotiation table after the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting last week failed to reach a consensus on a cost of living ad...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 15:39hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime's shameless incompetence only serves to reinforce colonial stereotypes that Africans just talk but seldom delive
As per my usual daily routine, I pray to Jehovah God as the first thing I do (and, the first Person I talk to), then converse with my wife, and then get my daily dose of the morning news (both local a...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:29hrs | 239 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimsec arm-twisted us to return to work, claims markers
STRIKING markers yesterday accused the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) of armtwisting them to go back to work before receiving their full allowances.They alleged that Zimsec used...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:04hrs | 1349 | 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 | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over teacher deployments
OPPOSITION legislator Anele Ndebele has blamed poor teacher deployments for the low pass rate registered by Matabeleland schools as government fails to provide a convincing answer over last year's dis...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1315 | by Staff reporter
Mathema appoints new Zimsec board
A 14-member Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) board was appointed recently by Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema to steer the country's public examinations until 2024....Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Teachers tells govt to revert back to 2017 salaries
The Zimbabwe National Teachers' Union (Zinatu) has called on the government to prioritise the welfare of educators before rushing to open schools saying their salaries should be reverted back to the 2...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 20:54hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Students not ready for June exams, says teachers
TEACHERS' unions yesterday said this year's 'O' and 'A' Level students were not ready to sit for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) June examinations following the disruption of the edu...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema addresses successive zero pass rate issue
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema has said the country needs to redefine the "zero pass rate" as it is not reflective of candidates' capabilities. The Minister made the rem...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Govt readies to open schools
THE Government has assured learners that this year's Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) June examinations will go ahead, noting the need for the education sector to adjust to the reality of...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:43hrs | 2553 | by Staff reporter
Govt appoints new Zimsec board
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has appointed announced a new 14-member Zimbabwe School Examinations Council board and retained Eddie Mwenje as chairperson.The new board ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Parly fights in teachers' corner
PARLIAMENT yesterday urged government to urgently improve the welfare of teachers before schools reopen for the first term to motivate them and, therefore, improve the pass rates in public examination...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
'Lupane Grade 7 pupils can't read'
A HUGE number of Grade 7 pupils in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, have reading difficulties, a factor that might have largely contributed to the poor pass rate recorded in last year's examinatio...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tops Grade 7 results
BULAWAYO province produced the best results in the 2020 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven examinations with the country's pass rate having been adversely affected by Covid-19 p...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1590 | by Staff reporter
3 000 more schools needed, says Minister Mathema
At least 3 000 more primary and secondary schools are needed to cater for the increasing number of students and to ensure an improvement in the quality of education in Zimbabwe, a Cabinet minister has...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
MPs push for Grade Seven exam June rewrite
RURAL schools are poorly resourced compared to those in urban areas, a gap often reflected in public examination results. Shortage of information and communication technologies (ICT) tools and the Cov...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
6 subjects for Grade 7
PHYSICAL Education and Arts (PEA) has been introduced as an examinable subject at Grade 7 with effect from this year, bringing to six the number of subjects written by final-year primary school pupils...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 17:56hrs | 2680 | by Staff reporter
Learners fail to access results
WHILE some parents are already scrambling to secure Form 1 places, others in rural areas have not seen their children's results as they are failing to access them online due to the digital divide....Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 17:55hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe school maintains 100% pass rate
CAMELOT Primary School in Kwekwe recorded a successive 100% pass rate in the 2020 Grade Seven Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) national examinations.The headmistress, Clarinet Sit...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Masamvu succumbed to a disease he feared most
RESIDENTS of the farming town of Marondera, about 74km east of Harare last week woke up to the sad news of the passing on of renowned businessman and politician Luke Masamvu.The late former Mu...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:30hrs | 3124 | by Staff reporter
SDCs blame govt for poor Grade Seven results
The National Association of Schools Development and Committees (NASDC) has blamed the government for the poor Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2020 Grade Seven results that saw the pass r...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:52hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Urgent action needed on Matabeleland schools
IT is a worrying trend that every year when Grade Seven results are released, a significant number of schools in Matabeleland record a 0% or poor pass rate.Even the Ordinary and Advanced Level...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Teachers bemoan drop in 2020 Grade Seven pass rate
TEACHERS have bemoaned the drop in the 2020 Grade Seven pass rate and urged Government to work with mobile network providers so that data for online lessons is affordable. The national pass ra...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:40hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over Bulawayo's Grade Seven 0% pass rate
A MATABELELAND-BASED pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu has raised concern over the poor ranking of most schools in Matabeleland which have continued to register very poor Grade Seven results.Se...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:56hrs | 3050 | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Grade 7 results
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has distanced itself from a collation of Grade 7 results showing a staggering number of schools, especially in Matabeleland, recording zero passes....Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:08hrs | 4401 | by Staff reporter
Misihairabwi-Mushonga fumes over 0 % grade 7 pass rates
MDC-T legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has urged government to allow pupils who failed their 2020 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) Grade 7 exams to rewrite the crucial test....Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1785 | by Staff reporter
31 primary schools in Matebeleland record 0% pass rate
88 Primary schools in Zimbabwe reportedly recorded a 0% pass rate in the just-published ZIMSEC Grade 7 examination results.This was revealed in a document by the examinations board that showed...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 18:24hrs | 3359 | 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 | 2106 | by Staff reporter
'Mass school dropouts looming'
TEACHERS unions have warned of looming massive school dropouts as pupils are gradually losing commitment towards education due to the prolonged suspension of learning as a result of the COVID-19 pande...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:51hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Teacher launches Ndebele book
A TEACHER at Senzangakhona Primary School in Bulawayo, Benson Jiyane has penned his debut book, titled IMpehlalwazi Yolimi lwesiNdebele which is a collection of short stories and poems themed around t...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:35hrs | 967 | 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 | 1077 | by Staff reporter
Pay invigilators, says Artuz
AMALGAMATED Rural Teacher's Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) national secretarygeneral Robson Chere has called on the government to facilitate payment of teachers who took part in invigilating the Zimbabwe S...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:35hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
'Boycott the marking of exams,' says PTUZ
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has told members to boycott the marking of exams to protect themselves from Covid-19. "Use your brains rather than your stomach. Life is far more imp...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:14hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Invigilators paid with plates of isitshwala
THE country's examination body, the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) last week allegedly paid some "O" Level examination invigilators with plates of isitshwala instead of cash, which has ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:08hrs | 2514 | by Staff reporter
10 000 arrested for mask violations in one week
NEARLY 10 000 people have been arrested countrywide for not wearing face masks and more than 16 000 were arrested for flouting lockdown regulations within a week. Government has expressed conc...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Academic fraud of satanic proportions exposed in Harare
Former top manager at the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE), Florence Chimbumu, who was exposed recently for using fake certificates when only a single Ordinary Level pass could be certif...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 2700 | by Staff reporter
200 exam markers test positive, claims Unions
Teachers' unions have made sensational claims that at least 200 of their members currently marking recently completed public examinations have tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, the un...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 09:20hrs | 1691 | by Staff reporter
Modalities for exams tweaked
Authorities have put in place adequate measures to cater for public examination candidates affected by transport challenges without compromising the credibility of the system by allowing latecomers to...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 10:54hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to do more COVID-19 testing
HEALTH experts have implored authorities to complement the re-introduced coronavirus lockdown measures with heightened testing of as many people as possible, to curb the spiralling infections in the c...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:41hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Government should defer exams, says teacher unions
Teacher unions have urged the government to suspend the remaining examinations to save lives as cases of COVID-19 continue to skyrocket, necessitating the imposition of stringent lockdown measures at ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:32hrs | 576 | 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 | 391 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams resume
GOVERNMENT will continue to assess the safety of school children from Covid-19,before announcing the dates for reopening of schools as Advanced and Ordinary Level examination classes resume on Tuesday...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:33hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Deviation of 2021 School Calendar
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education would like to advise its valued learners, parents, guardians and other stakeholders, that in light of the surge in COVID-19 infections and the new and m...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 12:03hrs | 8672 | by Staff Reporter
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