THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has released the 2020 November ‘A’ Level results.
The results were delayed by Covid-19 restrictions amid reports examiners at one point downed tools demanding better allowances for marking.
According to a ZIMSEC statement, the pass rate was 81.2%, a decline from the 83% recorded in 2019.
A total of 49 153 students sat for the examinations with 39 802 managing Grade E or better in two or more examinations.
Collection starts Friday, 23 May 2021.
There was an outcry in February when the Grade Seven ZIMSEC results for 2020 students were released over a decline in the pass rate with government accused of neglecting the education sector and unwilling to review the salaries of teachers.
Govt, parents clash over June exams suspension
BY NIZBERT MOYO
PARENTS are up in arms with government over its recent decision to suspend Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) June “O” and “A” Level examinations.
Most parents interviewed by
NewsDay yesterday said they had spent a lot of money on extra lessons, only to be told that the examinations had been suspended.
Government last week announced that it had suspended the June Zimsec examinations that normally cater for supplementary examinations, citing COVID-19 delays in writing and marking of the November/December examinations, which negatively impacted the timing and the cycle of public examinations.
School environments were viewed as potential super-spreaders, considering the amount of interaction among learners and teachers, and the frequent use of surfaces such as desks, boards and chairs. Learners also use communal toilets and taps for drinking water, hence it was feared that schools were dangerous places for the transmission of the virus.
The strategies focused on remote and mostly digital learning activities, including online learning, encouragement to read textbooks and listening to educational television and radio programmes. According to the World Bank, the uptake of these programmes varied widely, with nine in 10 children engaged in learning activities in
Burkina Faso, and six in 10 in
Zimbabwe: 500 Students Tested Covid-19 Positive in 2020
March 1, 2021
However, none of the pupils succumbed to the deadly respiratory disease.
In an interview with NewZimbabwe.com Sunday, Taungana Ndoro, the communications director in the Education Ministry, said statistics availed to government from across the country show that none of the infected students after contracting the coronavirus and are expected to join pupils when classes reopen.
“No student has died from Covid-19. There were about 500 students who tested Covid-19 positive and all of them have recovered,” said Ndoro.
When schools reopened for the third term in 2020, there was a spike in new Covid-19 infections in some schools especially those with boarding facilities. As a result, some schools were forced to close earlier to avoid a rise in new infections.
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