THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec)’s 2022 O Level examinations have been plunged into further chaos after it emerged that marking schemes were leaked to candidates before they sat for ...

These dates for June exams are in no way concrete. They rely on the government’s go ahead, and I can imagine there are a number of decisions that need to be made in regard to the safety of pupils and ...

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) wants the government to approve a recommendation asking primary school pupils to pay for their Grade Seven examinations as a way of bridging financial ...

Last year’s October/November general exam session was somewhat messy. Besides the confusion over the ‘new curriculum’ there were several allegations of papers having leaked and that such papers had ...

While Zimsec has been commended for improving the delivery of exam papers, perennial problems seem to haunt the examination body each year. In 2006, a Hurungwe headmaster Makisi Jimu of Dandawa ...

After Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 22 September announcement that schools would reopen, his government is on a collision course with teachers’ unions who have declared their members will not return to work.

Although Zimsec is not a tabloid, it can be relied on to come up with a bizarre story, mostly revolving around exam leaks, at least once a year. Its porous administration punishes candidates with ...

The wait is over for candidates who sat for Advanced Level exams last year and 82, 61 percent of them reserve the right to celebrate after passing two or more subjects with an “E” grade or better. The ...