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Bad habits to avoid during examinations

AS you approach your final examinations, your success will not only be determined by how much you have studied  -  but also by your behaviour and habits during the exam period. Sometimes, it's the small things that cost learners …

Published: 26 Sep 2025 at 07:20hrs | | by Dr Muso

418 000 pupils to sit for grade 7 exams

At least 418 000 pupils will sit for the Grade 7 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) exams starting on September 22, with the Government assuring the public that strict measures are in place to prevent paper leakages.Primary and …

Published: 12 Sep 2025 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Headmaster jailed for embezzling pupils' exam fees

A Bindura headmaster has been sentenced for misappropriating funds meant for pupils' examinations. Kudakwashe Tivarige (35), head of Sunrise Group of Schools in Maravanyika Village under Chief Masembura, was convicted by the Bindura Magist…

Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:46hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter

Public demand tough jail terms for Zimsec exam leaks

Bulawayo residents have called for a mandatory 10-year prison sentence for Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) employees found guilty of leaking or facilitating the leakage of examination material.The proposal, made during a publ…

Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 06:52hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter

Pass rates improve in Zimsec June 'O' and 'A' level exams

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has released the June 2025 Ordinary and Advanced Level examination results, showing an encouraging improvement in national pass rates compared to the previous year.Speaking during a press b…

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:11hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter

Exam class teachers barred from transfers

Teachers assigned to examination classes have been barred from seeking transfers as part of measures by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to ensure learning continuity and safeguard pupils' academic performance. This was reve…

Published: 20 Jul 2025 at 09:18hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter

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 their families of over US$11,000 in exami…

Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:21hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter

Man convicted for impersonating candidate in Zimsec exam

A 20-year-old man from Zvishavane has been convicted for impersonating another candidate during a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) exam, in a case that has raised alarm over exam malpractice and identity fraud in the education…

Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 18:26hrs | 1278 | by Staff reporter

Zimsec June exam leak plotter arrested

A 23-year-old Polytechnic student from Mbizo, Kwekwe, appeared in court yesterday facing fraud charges after allegedly creating a WhatsApp group to leak Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Ordinary and Advanced Level June exam pa…

Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:40hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter

16 pregnant pupils fail to write Grade 7 exams

At least 16 pupils from Monozi Primary School in Mbire District were unable to sit for their Grade Seven Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations last week after falling pregnant. The disturbing revelation was made by a t…

Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter

'I was told to stop supporting Mnangagwa'

WE today conclude our interview with Elphas Tshuma, a former guerilla who operated in Hurungwe in Mashonaland West Province and later on in Hwange in Matabeleland North. Tshuma, now a member of the ruling Zanu-PF Politburo was known during…

Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:27hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Exams must go on, trade WhatsApp time with study time

The education department should be given credit for allowing exams to go on despite the call by students to have the exams shelved due to reasons known to them.What surprises me the most is that most students of the twenty-first century ar…

Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Erick Matotoba

ZIMSEC English Exam saga: Minister violates section 68 of the Constitution

1. The drastic action taken by the Minister potentially violates section 68 of the Constitution which guarantees the right to fair administrative conduct. It jeopardises the rights, interests and legitimate expectations of innocent kids.2.…

Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 10:39hrs | | by David Coltart

Panic over O and A' Level exam deadline

There has been widespread panic among parents as most schools in Matabeleland have set the November examination registration deadlines to Tuesday 4 April.This is despite the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council official deadline of 11 May…

Published: 05 Apr 2012 at 08:33hrs | | by Thomas Jubane

Exam for you and you

Question 1: with solution---------------------------A mother is 21 years older than the child.6 years from now the mother will be 5 times as old as the child.Question : Where's the father?Try first, before you check the answer below.Click …

Published: 09 May 2011 at 15:24hrs | | by Examiner

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