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Norton man caged for selling ‘O’ Level exam papers BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA Arnold Maimba was employed as a contract worker at the Zimsec Printing Press in Norton when he committed the crime. He will serve and effective six months after Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba suspended six months of the sentence on condition of good behaviour. Maimba was charged with having access to, or revealing the contents of examination material as defined in section 35(a) and (b) of the Zimsec Act after Rogers Mashingaidze, the regulation manager at Zimsec lodged a complaint. During trial last week, the court heard that Maimba, whose duties included packing of examination papers, stole the ‘O’ Level November 2020 Mathematics Paper One and Paper Two on November 27 sold the papers to prospective candidates. ....
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 ....