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Form Four pupil tests positive for Covid-19
A FORM Four pupil at a Bulawayo school tested positive for Covid-19 resulting in her contacts who include her classmates, being forced to self-isolate at home.The pupil is part of the exam cla...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:40hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Fees for non-exam classes slashed
THE Government has given the green light to schools and parents to work out a pro-rata system for the third term's school fees for non-examination classes, as some pupils will only have face-to-face l...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:25hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Govt engages teachers
THE Government will tomorrow meet representatives of teachers and other civil servants to find a common ground as some educators have not reported for duty since public schools opened on Monday last w...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Govt supports pregnant pupils
GOVERNMENT is facilitating that pupils who fell pregnant during the lockdown period be allowed to attend lessons in their clothes while child support committees have been established to mentally equip...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Extension of registration for O and A level Zimsec exams
ZIMSEC would like to inform all Candidates, Examination Centre Heads, Parents and Guardians that the registration for the 2020 ZGCE Ordinary and Advanced level examinations has been extended to Friday...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Handshakes, hugs banned as schools reopen
PUBLIC schools reopened yesterday for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examination classes with both staff and students adhering to the mandatory Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) i...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 05:50hrs | 912 | by Staff Reporter
Schools reopen today
SCHOOLS reopen today under a new normal which requires both teachers and learners to strictly adhere to Covid-19 prevention regulations as directed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education S...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 735 | by Pardon Muzavazi
Govt recruits 6 000 teachers
Government has scrapped Second Term school fees, while 6 000 teachers are being recruited ahead of the phased reopening of schools starting tomorrow.This comes amid reports that a crash progra...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:12hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec starts marking O' and A' level June exams
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) on Monday started marking the June 2020 Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations.The process started after markers who tested negative to Covi...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:36hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Govt salary talks collapse
GOVERNMENT salary talks broke down last week, with teachers saying they will boycott classes when schools reopen for examination classes next week as a result.The Apex Council, an umbrella bod...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 4904 | 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 | 619 | by Staff reporter
Private schools reopen
PRIVATE schools reopened yesterday for the Cambridge examination classes with the generality of them adhering to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's mandatory Standard Operating Procedur...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
$600m availed for schools reopening
A TOTAL of $600 million has been set aside by the Government for disbursement to needy schools to improve sanitation and enable them to reopen safely without risking a spike in Covid-19 infections. ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:09hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Teachers escalate row with govt
THE row between the government and teachers over the reopening of schools for face-to-face teaching for examination classes is escalating. The teachers have now accused Primary and Secondary E...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:05hrs | 2957 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools appeal for PPE donations
THE Primary and Secondary Education ministry has appealed to the corporate sector to assist in the provision of COVID-19 equipment as schools open for examination classes later this month.Spea...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 measures relaxed
Returning residents tested within 48 hours before their return have since last Friday been allowed to self-quarantine at home if that test was negative rather than stay in a quarantine centre while th...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter
Schools demand US dollar fees
SCHOOL headmasters are proposing charging fees in United Sates dollars or the equivalent at the interbank exchange rate, saying the local currency's volatility duringthe COVID-19-induced school cl...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 3033 | by Staff reporter
New normal in schools
TEACHERS and learners should brace for a new normal ahead of schools reopening and forget customs such as hugs, handshakes and sharing of desks as they used to. Break and lunch time will be st...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Exclusive Zupco buses for teachers, pupils
PUBLIC transporter, Zupco is working with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to provide exclusive buses that will be used by teachers and pupils when schools open next week.Last w...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | 1511 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams to begin on December 1
GRADE SEVEN candidates will be the first to sit for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) public exams in December, with results set to be published in the same month to allow them ample t...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 875 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt to provide PPE to all learners
GOVERNMENT will provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to all learners when schools reopen, with Treasury releasing $350 million to prepare learning institutions for safe reopening. Cabin...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Govt plans phased reopening of borders, schools
GOVERNMENT has agreed on a phased reopening of the country's borders and schools in the next few months.Addressing the Press during a post-cabinet briefing, Information minister Monica Mutsvan...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:39hrs | 5601 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools to reopen on September 28
Schools reopen on September 28 for Zimsec examination classes with the exams starting on December 1, Cabinet decided yesterday. Cambridge examination classes can start a fortnight earlier, on ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1340 | 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 | 1162 | by Staff reporter
Exams likely to spill into January
GOVERNMENT will this week announce the date when schools will reopen following an assessment done by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education on their preparedness to reopen under new condition...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:25hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
Gov't urged to postpone Zimsec exams to next year
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has urged the government to postpone the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council's November examinations to May next year saying learners in remo...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 09:24hrs | 3907 | by Staff reporter
Schools not yet ready for re-opening
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) once again announced an exclusionary examinations' calendar. Grade 7, Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examinations are to be conducted this November...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1291 | by ARTUZ Information dept
Zimsec's apartheid examinations must fail!
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council, ZIMSEC once again announced an exclusionary examinations' calendar. Grade 7, Ordinary level and Advanced level examinations are to be conducted this November ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1042 | by Artuz
'Grade 7, Form 4 and Upper Sixth ZIMSEC exams this year'
Final year students will sit their ZIMSEC examinations this year, the government announced on Tuesday risking confrontation with teachers, learners and parents.Schools closed prematurely in Ma...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 19:52hrs | 4719 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams complete with no Covid-19 case recorded
THE June-July Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations have been completed without a Covid-19 case being reported in centres countrywide. There was nationwide anxiety when the Govern...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Schools to reopen when safe minister
THE reopening of schools this year hangs in the balance as officials continue to monitor the rising Covid-19 caseload.Last month, the Government deferred reopening schools to a later date from...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:42hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Corporate Governance and State Entities Decay in Zimbabwe
The unfolding corporate governance scandal at Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) provides a hint of how the country's State Entities and Parastatals (SEPs) have been run down over the years....Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:11hrs | 1221 | by Victor Bhoroma
11 Zimsec employees test positive for COVID-19
AT least 11 Zimsec employees have tested positive for COVID-19.This was confirmed in statement by the organisation which indicated that it has closed its offices to facilitate thorough disinfe...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:54hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
'November exams in doubt'
THE Zimbabwe Examinations Council November examinations are hanging in the balance, with Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema casting doubt because of rising COVID-19 infections....Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:26hrs | 1445 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube, Khupe also benefitted from RBZ looting programme
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: THE 2007/8 Farm Mechanisation Programme was above board: Taxpayers not saddled with the Bill.First of all, I must express my prima-facie disappointment with my bro...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:24hrs | 7404 | by Dr Gideon Gono
Zimsec proposes January exam dates
FINAL public examinations for Grade Seven, Ordinary and Advanced Level students, which are normally taken in October and November each year, might be deferred to next year as the Zimbabwe School Exami...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 16:35hrs | 2569 | by Staff reporter
Uncertainty over Zimsec November exams
FINAL public examinations for Grade Seven, Ordinary and Advanced Level students, which are normally taken in October and November each year, might be deferred to next year as the Zimbabwe School Exami...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1731 | by Staff Reporter
Pupil writes exams from quarantine centre
A 16-YEAR-OLD pupil from a high school on the outskirts of Bulawayo is writing his Ordinary Level June examinations under quarantine in Bulawayo after returning from Botswana recently. The tee...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Govt yet to decide on school calendar
THE government is yet to decide on the school calendar despite that primary and secondary schools are reopening this month.This comes as schools were forced to close early in March as the gove...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as villagers supervise exams
CHAOS rocked the start of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) June "O" and "A" Level examinations which started yesterday, with teachers' unions claiming government hired "villagers and ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 4583 | by Staff reporter
Villagers hired to invigilate exams
SOME headmasters were Tuesday forced to hire local villagers to assist in invigilating ZIMSEC June 'O' and 'A' Level examinations after teachers boycotted the process due to lack of proper Covid-19 sa...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2057 | by newzimbabwe
Zimsec exam centres moved
Zimsec has established alternative centres for the June 2020 examinations that begin today to replace a handful of schools that were being used as Covid-19 quarantine centres. In a statement o...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
June exams begin tomorrow
Candidates registered for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) June 2020 Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations will write as scheduled, beginning tomorrow, despite calls by some unions...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:49hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
Mat North schools ready for June exams
SCHOOLS in Matabeleland North province are ready for the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) June exams, the Provincial Education Director Mr Jabulani Mpofu has said.Speaking during...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 13:30hrs | 631 | by Agencies
Anxiety as schools open for June exams
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is reportedly ill-equipped to smoothly run the June examinations as the Education ministry has not deployed equipment to combat the spread of COVID-19....Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Zupco ready to ferry pupils
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has said it is ready to ferry students across the country back to their various schools in preparation for the June/July examinations, which begin tomorro...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Boarding schools open today
BOARDING schools will open today to receive pupils who will be writing June/ July examinations that start on Tuesday.As part of ensuring the smooth running of examinations, the Government has ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Education ministry, parents at cross roads over opening of schools
Matabeleland North stakeholders have called for the further suspension of the opening of schools and postponement of June examinations until it is safe to open.They threatened to withhold thei...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:41hrs | 1904 | by Stephen Jakes
PTUZ mobilises for boycott of exams invigilation
A COMBATIVE teachers' union has psyched up the educators to boycott invigilating the June examinations until government complies with a High Court ruling ordering it to equip schools with facilities t...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:32hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch tractor facility
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to launch the John Deere agricultural equipment supply facility that is part of Government's mechanisation development programme, said Information, Publicity a...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:04hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
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