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Teachers request ZIMSEC meeting
Teachers under the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe PTZU have threatened to boycott participating in the upcoming ZIMSEC examinations if the examination board fails to engage them and come up wi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 329 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec prints exam papers in the UK
THE Zimbabwe Examinations Council (Zimsec) is printing part of the November public examination papers in the United Kingdom to avoid leakages, it has been revealed.Zimsec has its own printing ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
30 investigated over forged academic certificates
At least 30 people were yesterday under police surveillance, following an investigation launched on cases of suspected culprits who used fake Ordinary and Advanced Level certificates to apply for visa...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 12:34hrs | 1923 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court saga lawyers
My Advanced Oxford Learners dictionary says, 'saga' means a long story of heroic deeds, events or adventures especially involving several generations of people. It goes further to give the adjective t...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1029 | by Morris Mtisi
English made easy by the language coach (writing articles)
Articles are magazine and newspaper style essays. As part of your ZIMSEC English Language examination you can be asked to write an article on a chosen topic in Section B of Paper 1. The given topics n...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 08:12hrs | 478 | by Language Coach
O'level June results out
The ZIMSEC June 2018 Ordinary level examination results are out.In a statement to the ZBC News, ZIMSEC Board Chairperson, Professor Eddie Mwenje said heads of examination centres can collect t...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 19:00hrs | 3298 | by Staff Reporter
'O' Level exam cheats in court
TWO Chibuwe High School 'O' Level students in Chipinge district were on Monday dragged to court for allegedly leaking two Zimbabwe School Examination Council papers.The duo, who cannot be named be...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:35hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec June 2018 A-Level results out
The June 2018 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Advanced Level results are out and centre heads will start collecting them from Zimsec regional offices on Monday. Zimsec board chairman Profes...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:14hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec searches for new director
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) is searching for a director.This follows the decision by its board last year to dismiss some of its directors, including Isau Nhandara, its ch...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 13:20hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Govt vows to proceed with public exam
GOVERNMENT has vowed to proceed with the November Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) final Science practical examinations as scheduled despite demands by a teachers group to suspend sitting...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 08:51hrs | 2398 | by Staff rpeorter
3rd pupil suicide this term as Form One girl hangs
A FORM One pupil at Pumula High School in Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide by hanging yesterday, the third such incident in Bulawayo this term.Brightness Thebe (15) from Magwegwe West subu...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
Mzingwane pupil in school suicide
A FORM Four pupil at Mzingwane High School, Umzingwane District in Matabeleland South allegedly committed suicide by hanging, fearing disciplinary action over alleged theft, an official has confirmed....Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter
Science Catastrophe looming in rural schools
All learners are now supposed to sit for a Combined Science Practical examination, thus according to the dictates of the new curriculum. The move is plausible as practical science investigation gives ...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 16:52hrs | 716 | by ARTUZ
Entumbane High School Bursar wreaks havoc
Mthwakazi Republic Party on Monday the 14th of May 2018 went on a fact finding mission at Entumbane High school in response to the sad outcry of the Entumbane Community and parents of students at the ...Published: 15 May 2018 at 10:26hrs | 7457 | by Stephen Jakes
We are fools if we continue hoping and speculating under a cloud that does not drop any rain
All this jostling, fighting, killing and crossing of roads from one party to the other as we approach the crucial 2018 general elections is only about strategic positioning to continue or join the rus...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:58hrs | 1056 | by Chikuni Gaba
Schools ambush students on deadline for O & A level exam fees deadline
Ordinary and Advance Level students have cried foul that schools have ambushed them in giving them deadlines for the payment of examination fees as most schools slatted the deadline to Friday this wee...Published: 10 May 2018 at 15:04hrs | 3115 | by Stephen Jakes
Bribe offer backfires for city woman
A 42-year-old woman had bribe money and phone confiscated by the State after she tried to induce a Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) official into certifying her forged Ordinary Level and ...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:46hrs | 528 | by Staff rpeorter
Chaos rocks new curriculum subjects exam registration
Thousands of Ordinary and Advanced level students are at risk of missing out on subjects they have been studying after government surprisingly announced that some combinations which they had chosen wo...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:51hrs | 2629 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec urged to revise grading system
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has been urged to review its grading system for practical subjects to enable academically challenged but practically gifted pupils to pass.Res...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1764 | by Staff reporter
ZACC tackles Zimsec exam leaks
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has revealed that they will be conducting investigations in education sector following multiple examination leakages.The Zimbabwe Schools Examina...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:47hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Parents fight Zimsec over withheld exam results
Fretful parents and guardians of 47 students from Mutare Boys High whose November 2017 O-Level examination results were withheld by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for cheating conti...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:34hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Another exam leak exposes Zimsec
At least 16 Marondera pupils have approached the High Court seeking an order overturning a decision by their school headmaster to cancel their 2017 ‘‘O'' Level Mathematics Paper 2 examination resu...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 10:05hrs | 2318 | by Staff reporter
Man fined for forging Zimsec certificate
A Harare man was last week fined $100 for forging a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) O-Level certificate in a bid to get a promotion.Alton Mutsinzwa (40) was seeking promotion fro...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 06:30hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
President ED Mnangagwa Erred
PRESIDENT ED Mnangagwa you erred Sir! In Bindura there is a State University which is headed by arguably the most corrupt Vice Chancellor the world has ever seen or heard of. The various acts of corru...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 19:08hrs | 4922 | by Kudakwashe Ncube
Exam cheats lose court challenge
THE High Court yesterday dismissed an application by 15 Gweru-based Regina Mundi High School pupils who were blacklisted by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for alleged cheating....Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:15hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec wins results cancellation challenge
THE four Ordinary Level pupils at St David'S Bonda High School, whose results were withheld by the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) last month, will have to brace themselves for another ex...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Date set for hearing for Zimsec exam 'cheats'
THE hearing of a matter involving 15 Gweru-based Regina Mundi High School pupils who were blacklisted by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for alleged examination cheating has been set...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Parents demand withheld O Level results
FOUR parents with children at St David's Bonda High School in Manicaland, have approached the High Court seeking an order compelling the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) to release the 20...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1347 | by Staff reporter
Govt must act on Zimsec rot
Zimbabwe always prides itself on having one of the best education systems in Africa, but recent revelations of massive examination paper leakages could be an indication that the wheels are coming off....Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 20:25hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for A' Level places
PARENTS are struggling to get A' Level places for their children as some schools are taking students with 10 As and above, it has been revealed.The demands by the schools go against a general ...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:50hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
Whizkid appeals for assistance
A 16-YEAR-OLD former Phakamani High School pupil who scored 7As and 2Bs in the recently released Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level Examinations is appealing for financial as...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 05:59hrs | 1687 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exam leaks causing 'educational holocaust'
Scandal-ridden Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec)'s reputation may have been irreparably damaged after the November 2017 Ordinary Level English Paper 2 exam materials were leaked in the lat...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:56hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Exam 'cheats' sue Zimsec
FIFTEEN Regina Mundi High School pupils who were blacklisted for alleged examination cheating have taken the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) and the Minister of Primary and Secondary Edu...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:49hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
Great mistake and mischief in rush to implement new curriculum
Sometime in the late 1997, the government of Zimbabwe, through its two ministries of Education resolved to conduct an inquiry into the then Education and Training System. A commission of inquiry lead ...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 20:09hrs | 2761 | by Luke Mbune Chakaza correspondent
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 | 9790 | by Ndou Paul
'O' Level results today
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) November 2017 Ordinary Level results will be released today, an official confirmed yesterday.Traditionally the results are released by mid-Feb...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 06:01hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec leaks scandal deepens
The leakage of last year's "O" Level examination papers was not confined to the English Language Paper 2 as the Mathematics and Science papers also found their way into the hands of candidates ahead o...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:13hrs | 1009 | by Staf reporter
O'Level results out next Friday
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has announced that the November 2017 Ordinary Level results will be released next Friday and the registration deadline for this year's June examinatio...Published: 17 Feb 2018 at 09:15hrs | 3158 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai's death, political phonies and crocodile tears
WHAT a dramatic political week it was in Zimbabwe and South Africa. On Valentine's Day two momentous events happened on either side of the Limpopo River with huge implications on the politics of the t...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 16:22hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Heads roll at ZIMSEC
THE Zimbabwe Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has sent its director and deputy director on leave pending retirement while five others were placed on indefinite leave as the examining board take measures t...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 17:16hrs | 5012 | by Davidson Kaiyo
New problem for Zimsec
While the decision by the High Court to stop a resit of the November 2017 Ordinary Level English Paper 2 examination was generally hailed as fairer than the original decision to order a re-write, stak...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 14:51hrs | 3144 | by Staff reporter
ZimFirst the new hope - Shumba
The ZimFirst leader Maxwel Shumba has claimed that his party is the only new hope for democracy and economic revival to prevail in the country."The dust has settled , the awe and joy with whic...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 06:14hrs | 306 | by Stephen Jakes
Court's order damages ZIMSEC beyond repair, says Jonathan Moyo
Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has said the Court's order to stop re-writing of November 2017 O'Level English Language Paper 2 'damages ZIMSEC beyond repair!.'Moyo...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 23:48hrs | 6256 | by Staff Reporter
Transform Zimbabwe fights ZIMSEC, Mavima
Transform Zimbabwe today organized a demonstration against the planned ZIMSEC O"Level English Paper 2 Exam rewrite. Hundreds of people marched in Harare to deliver petitions to Parliament and the Mini...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 14:57hrs | 1292 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: No re-write of English Paper 2
The results of the November 2017 English Language Paper 2 will stand as the final results.High Court judge Justice Loice Matanda Moyo sitting with Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa reve...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 13:09hrs | 7956 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimsec 'O'Level English resit judgment out today
The High Court will Wednesday deliver judgment in the case in which two Harare parents are seeking to nullify the re-writing of the November 2017 Ordinary Level English Language Paper 2 public examina...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:34hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
High Court calls for an overhaul of Zimsec systems
The High Court yesterday called for an overhaul of Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) systems and said "heads must roll" over the bungling of public examinations.The court, which is...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:29hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Transform Zimbabwe to lead Anti English Exam Rewrite Demo
Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) will tomorrow 14 February 2018 lead a demonstration against the rewriting of the O'Level English Paper 2 Exam. The Ministry of Education has ordered the rewrite after what it s...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 18:50hrs | 1454 | by Staff Reporter
Woman uses fake certificate for 11 years
A Harare woman was slapped with a four months' prison term after she was found guilty of using fake Ordinary Level certificates and worked as an insurance agent at a local insurance firm for 11 years....Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 14:18hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR challenge re-writing of O'level English exams
High Court today hears an Urgent Application that was filed by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Justice for Children (JC) challenging the directive by the Minister of Primary and Secondary...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 07:36hrs | 1968 | by Stephen Jakes
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