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Harare Private College stages fake Cambridge exams
Destiny Achievers College in Harare has been rocked by a scandal involving the staging of fake Cambridge Ordinary Level examinations in June this year, affecting at least 16 learners and defrauding th...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:21hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Maid cries foul after son's exam fees vanishes
The soft swish of a mop echoes through a spacious Waterfalls home in Harare, each stroke a part of Sharon Nyemba's daily rhythm. At 45, Nyemba is a domestic worker and single mother whose calloused ha...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 15:39hrs | 1762 | by Staff reporter
Exam fees scandal rock Hwange school
A number of learners in Hwange District may be unable to take their Grade Seven examinations due to some primary schools demanding fees more than double the amount specified by the Zimbabwe Schools Ex...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:46hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt announces subsidized 2025 ZIMSEC exam fees
The Government of Zimbabwe has revealed the 2025 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examination fees for both Ordinary Level (O-Level) and Advanced Level (A-Level) candidates, with signific...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 14:02hrs | 1553 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster in court for exam scandal
The headmaster of Ivyluck College, Tafadzwa Chikohora (31), appeared in court yesterday on charges of stealing exam fees intended for three students who were set to sit for their Zimbabwe School Exami...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 13:13hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Treasury defaults on $6,4m BEAM debt, students risk missing out on exams
More than 532,000 students risk missing out on their final examinations this year after the government's Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) debt to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMS...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 11:18hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Mayor breaks pastor's marriage
Kadoma mayor, Councillor Nigel Ruzario stands accused of ruining the marriage of a couple from the Mashonaland West town.Nancy Mhundwa's husband, Pastor Marvin Mhundwa took social media by sto...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 13:12hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends registration period
GOVERNMENT has been commended for extending the deadline for Ordinary and Advanced Level examination fees payment to give parents and guardians adequate time to raise the funds.Primary and Sec...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exam fees deadline is extended
THE Government's extension of the deadline by which Ordinary and Advanced Level examination fees should be paid to the first week of May from March 23, has been welcomed by parents and guardians as a ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Parents call for a downward review of Zimsec exam registration fees
WITH about a month left before the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2024 examination registration deadline, parents have called for a downward review of the registration fees.Whil...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Parents plead for reduction of exam fees
PARENTS and guardians have implored the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) to consider reviewing downwards the June and November examination fees for Ordinary and Advanced level candidates,...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec sets registration dates
Dates for the registration of those sitting the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examinations in June and November this year have now been set and parents and guardians need to be in cont...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec announces 2024 exam fees
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has unveiled the examination fees for the 2024 Ordinary and Advanced Level exams. The government will subsidize 55 percent of the total cost for stude...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 09:36hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa promises to scrap CALA, school, exam fees
Citizens Coalition for Change president Nelson Chamisa has said once his party gets into government he will review the Zimbabwe education system and scrap the Continuous Assessment Learning Activities...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 15:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec announces interbank-indexed exam fees
LEARNERS that are struggling to pay examination fees in United States dollars can now pay using the inter-bank rate, the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) announced yesterday.In a ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster swindles exam fees
A headmaster at Usavi Primary School, Ward 22 Buhera Central Constituency is being accused of swindling US$315 meant for grade seven examination fees.The headmaster Samson Magirigide confirmed...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 20:39hrs | 3 | by Zebedi Mupuranga/Simbarashe Sithole
Veritas blasts Social Welfare ministry for squandering budget
Legal think tank Veritas has slammed the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare for squandering its 2021 budget and failure to relay donated equipment to targeted recipients who need st...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Panic over Zimsec exams deadline
THOUSANDS of pupils and parents throughout the country are in panic mode after failing to secure registration fees for the 2022 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations whose deadlin...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar exam fees announced
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) yesterday announced the local currency fees for the November public examinations."The exchange rate to be applied for ZWL payments will be $45...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents worry about exam fee payment dates
Parents and guardians of children writing national public examination in November are concerned over the day when the local currency fees are set and the very narrow one-week window given to pay these...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec clears air on forex exam fees
SCHOOLS that are pegging examination fees exclusively in foreign currency are flouting regulations set by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 06:55hrs | 45 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe schools seek to peg fees in USD
SCHOOL authorities have appealed to Government to allow them to peg fees in United States dollars saying that is the only way they can remain afloat as their RTGS budgets are quickly eroded by inflati...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MPs wants govt to reduce exam fees
MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) in the National Assembly yesterday pleaded with government to reduce the 2022 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) examination fees announced last week, saying the...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Zimsec US$ exam fees
AN announcement by the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) to peg examination fees in United States dollars has sparked uproar from parents and guardians.They described the fees as u...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec pegs exam fees in US$
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has announced fees for the November examinations, with government subsidising 55% for pupils in public schools.In a statement, the examination...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec announces exam fees
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has announced November 2022 US$ pegged examination fees with the Government maintaining the 55 percent subsidy for candidates writing examinations in ...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools complain over exam fees collection
SCHOOLS are left financially poorer every time they collect examination fees on behalf of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) through bank and transport costs charges and have appealed t...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
PTUZ appeals high exam fees
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene and reduce the recently announced examination fees because the majority of learners cannot a...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Examination fees shocker
GOVERNMENT has raised examination fees by up to three times, and immediately attracted brickbats from weary parents.Many parents, still to come to terms with school fees hikes and already batt...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Unions blast government as 30 000 students fail to register with Zimsec
TEACHERS unions have decried the decline in numbers of learners who registered for examina[1]tions with the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec), a development which has been attributed to su...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec registrations decline
THE number of pupils who registered to sit for public examinations fell sharply this year, declining to nearly half of last year's numbers on account of the Covid-19.About 643 000 pupils are s...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec reopens exam registration
Students who might have failed to meet the deadline to register for the 2021 examinations can now do so under a special arrangement by the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec).The ext...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:43hrs | 9 | by Staff writer
Zimpost staff protest low salaries
ZIMPOST workers have staged a sleep-in at the company's backyard over low salaries which they said were turning them destitute.They told Chronicle the lowest paid was getting about $3 000 mont...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec markers demand outstanding allowances
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has failed to pay teachers who marked the 2020 "O" Level and "A" Level examinations.Markers are said to be owed $35 000 each and are reportedl...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec sets exam fees
Zimsec examination fees for the November O-Level and A-Level examinations have been set with a 55 percent Government subsidy for those writing the examinations in public schools bringing the total cos...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exam fees hiked from $20 to $220
A Bulawayo school has given June 2019 private examination students four days to pay an examination fee which has been hiked with more than ten percent from the initial advertised fee. A ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 19:46hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Exam fees remain unchanged
LOCAL examination fees will remain unchanged after Cabinet resolved to retain the 2018 fee structure. Advanced Level exam fees were pegged at $26, while Ordinary Level pupils paid $15 per subject, wit...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand pay for invigilating
TEACHERS have demanded payment from the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for invigilating public examinations. Invigilation has always been deemed part of teachers' duties so they...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimsec 2017 O-level English Paper nullified
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Professor Paul Mavhima Says the November 2017 Ordinary Level examination English Language Paper 2 results have been nullified following widespread cheating thr...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 11:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec cancels 'O' Level results over cheating
PARENTS and guardians of 19 pupils from Nagle House High School in Marondera have approached the High Court, seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) to reverse its...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's stance on MDC alliance
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has said it was formed on the bedrock of the principles of solidarity, freedom and justice – ideals of social democracy.The party President Tendai Biti sa...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Stephen
'People must come first,' says Biti - challenge you to name 1, just 1, time you did that!
"I was extremely disappointed to note that many parents have failed to pay exam fees for final exams that have been set for October 2017. In Midlands South for example, two-thirds of parents of O' Lev...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 05:56hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
If PDP fails to get into MDC Alliance, best winner is ZANU PF, says Biti
Biti's Address to the Party, 22 August 2017 The People's Democratic Party (PDP) was formed on the bedrock of the principles of solidarity, freedom and j...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 20:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teacher vanishes with $2,000 exam fees
A SAKUBVA teacher who stole $2 000 of students' ordinary level exam fees has been slapped with a 14 month jail term.Richard Gurudza, 31, of Sakubva and is employed by People's Choice Aca...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 15:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Secondary school diverts pupils' exam fees to school fees
A secondary school in Mbembesi has reportedly diverted exam fees for pupils who were in arrears with their school fees.Eustice Ginya has criticised Sojini Secondary School for denying pupils t...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 10:22hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Pupils barred from exam registration over fees arrears
SCHOOLS in Bulawayo and Matabeleland North are barring pupils from registering for the November Zimsec public examinations demanding that they settle school fees arrears first.Investigatio...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 09:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Exam fees payable in instalments
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council is committed to being the centre for excellence within the sub-region and beyond in quality assessment in education. Our commitment extends the parameters ...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Headmaster diverts exam fees for average students to gifted pupils
GOKOMERE High School headmaster Mr Stanley Mutsambiwa has been transferred and demoted after he was found guilty of diverting examination fees for average pupils to academically gifted pupils to e...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents fume over Zimsec exam registration deadlines
SOME parents in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the limited time they were given to pay for November public examinations saying they were not given adequate time to raise the required fees co...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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