By Anna Chibamu
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) could face contempt charges after allegedly refusing to make presentations or respond to issues raised by the Primary and Secondary Parliamentary Portfolio Committee.
Committee chair Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga reported the matter to Speaker Jacob Mudenda this week.
According to the proportional representative MP, Zimsec, a parastatal, had on several occasions, ignored the committee requests and any other engagements.
“Mr. Speaker Sir, about a month ago when I was presenting on behalf of the Committee on Primary and Secondary Education Report to this House, I raised an issue of concern and that issue was that Zimsec which is a parastatal where we have asked as a Committee to have them make presentations to us, have constantly refused to do so and have come back to us and asked to engage it, the Director of Zimsec has constantly refused to do so.
Duo in court for forging Zimsec results
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA
TWO Chitungwiza men yesterday appeared in court for forging Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) 2020 June results.
Misheck Tawanda Cherera (20) and Zaine Stanley Goreraza (27), both of Chitungwiza, pleaded not guilty of forgery when they appeared before magistrate Denis Mangosi.
They were released on $3 000 bail each.
It is alleged that on January 22, 2021, Cherera went to Zimsec offices in Mount Pleasant intending to check the authenticity of his Ordinary Level June results for the year 2020.
When the officials there checked, they discovered that he had produced a fake result slip with passes which were not appearing on his original slip.
Invigilators paid with plates of sadza
BY NHAU MANGIRAZI
THE country’s examination body, the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) last week allegedly paid some “O” Level examination invigilators with plates of sadza instead of cash, which has resulted in some teachers snubbing invigilating duties and withdrawing their services.
“O” Level examinations are still on-going. Last year, the examinations were also mired in controversy after the examinations body set the “O” Level Geography paper with a question on maps, but without the map.
The Zimsec “O” level examinations have spilled into this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns imposed to contain the virus.
Monday, December 21, 2020 NewsdzeZimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) mixed up
examination dates for the Ordinary Level Agriculture Paper One, with students
only finding out via social media that they were supposed to sit for the tests
one month earlier than scheduled.
Students had statement of entries that showed that the exam
would be written on January 15, 2021 when in actual fact the examination was
scheduled for December 15, 2020.
Zimsec then informed schools via social media platforms to
tell candidates to sit for the examination on December 15.
‘‘The statement of entry says Agriculture Paper One is to
be written 15/01/2021, but the timetable says 15/12/20. Please help by telling every
Thursday, December 10, 2020 NewsdzeZimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) was
yesterday accused of presiding over “sham” examinations for several ‘O’ level
subjects with schools around the country receiving incomplete material or
students writing tests under candle light.
Students and invigilators around the country discovered
that the Geography question paper, which included questions on map reading, was
incomplete and the map missing, leading to panicky schools making last minute
enquiries to neighbouring examination centres to find out if they had the
correct paper.
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)
secretary-general, Raymond Majongwe confirmed the chaos, adding that Ndebele
and Mathematics examinations for the visually impaired were also affected by