Grade seven learners in Lupane district have difficulties in reading, an issue that has resulted in most schools in the area recording zero percent pass rates in the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) examinations, research has established.
This was revealed by Dr Christopher Ndlovu, a lecturer at Lupane State University (LSU) during an interview on The Breakfast Club, Tuesday.
Dr Ndlovu was giving an account of research conducted by LSU to establish the reason why most primary schools in the Lupane district recorded zero percent pass rates in national examinations.
The 2020 grade seven examination national pass rate dropped to 37.11 percent, from 46.9 percent in 2019.
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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