The November 2018 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council
(Zimsec) Ordinary Level results were released yesterday with a pass rate of
32,83%, an increase from the previous year’s 28,7%.
Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, Zimsec
chairperson Eddie Mwenje said candidates could start collecting the results
from their respective centres today or view them on the online portal
introduced this year.
Mwenje said last year’s total number of candidates was
lower than the previous year’s due to the fact that it was the last year on the
old curriculum.
“The total number of candidates who sat for the November
2018 Ordinary Level examination was 239 441. This is 29,98% less than the
number of candidates who entered for the 2017 November examination session,
which was 332 473,” he said.
“162 541 candidates sat for five or more subjects and of
these, 50 664 obtained grade C or better in five or more subjects, yielding a
32,83%, which was higher than the 28,7% of 2017, where 162 915 sat for five or
more subjects.”
Males performed slightly better than females, with an
overall pass rate of 32,35%, as compared to 30,04% for girls.
The 2018 November Ordinary Level examination was the first
on the new curriculum introduced by the Primary and Secondary Education
ministry.
The online option will be through the Zimsec website
www.zimsec.co.zw and instructions on how to access the results are available on
the Zimsec examinations portal page. Newsday
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