The government has reponed registration again. the new deadline is now the end of September 2021. Most centres will close registration on the 28th of September. Please check with your respective centre for exact dates.
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The government has resolved that there will be no ZIMSEC June examinations this year. The announcement was made at a press briefing after the cabinet met. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa made the announcement.
This suspension will allow for timely focus on the November 2021 examination preparations
Mrs Monica Mutsvangwa on the […]
We are two weeks into the shortened school calendar and we are about to encounter our first public holiday, Easter. This coming Friday is Good Friday and the usual ensuing Easter weekend, all of which are public holidays in Zimbabwe. This means that students will also take a break from learning something that was factored into the shortened […]
It didn’t look like it was going to happen when this year began but today the rest of the learners will be attending their first classes for 2021. Those in final year classes have already been going to school for a week now. Today will be the first day of a shortened first term that will end in […]
ZIMSEC 2020 Ordinary Level results are now out. 2020 was a tough year for candidates. Exam classes only went to school during the first term of 2020 but the government insisted on administering public examinations which were completed early this year. Those who wrote their exams are now eagerly waiting for the results. According to ZIMSEC there was […]
Now that the number of COVID-19 cases has gone down, talk has now turned to the reopening of schools. The last time students went to school normally was during the first term of 2020. A new school calender has been proposed and announced but it is just a proposal. The hope is that as more people get vaccinated […]
Even though they are not at all unusual it seems the Zimbabwean government is suddenly concerned about the low pass rate at Grade 7. The government instead of taking responsibility for wrecking the sector with poor economic measures and not paying teachers enough has instead chosen to blame teacher indiscipline and sanctions. The last is their favourite catch-all […]
Amidst the ZIMSEC Grade 7 results scandal a new ZIMSEC board for 2021-2024 has been appointed. The board is made up of various layers as well as technocrats in the education and other fields. The 14 member board will be headed by professor Eddie Mwenje was announced by the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) Cain Mathema.
There has been a surge in the number of local COVID-19 infections in Zimbabwe that has everyone concerned. Schools were supposed to reopen today (5 January) for this year’s first term. That is not happening anymore as the government has decided to postpone the reopening of schools. Teachers want the government to do more than this though. They […]
ZIMSEC has confirmed that this year’s English Paper 1 and 2 as well as Mathematics Paper 1 and 2 leaked following intense rumours on social media that these papers had leaked. Investigations by the authorities show that the leaks were carried out by a 22-year-old man who worked at ZIMSEC as part of the printing team. The man […]
