THREE Form Six pupils at Gebhuza Secondary School in Hwange
were allegedly found with an Economics examination question paper before the
exam.
The Economics A-Level paper was written on Monday. One of
the three candidates (names provided) allegedly told the school authorities
that he got the soft copy of the question paper from a WhatsApp group where it
was allegedly posted and he sold it to the other two.
Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) spokesperson
Ms Nicky Dlamini confirmed the leakage and said an investigation into the
matter had been opened.
“We received a report about the issue and our officers are
on the ground carrying out investigations. We understand that police went to
the school to talk to the head and have taken the students involved for
questioning. We are still investigating circumstances around the alleged
leakage as this becomes the first paper to leak this exam period,” said Ms
Dlamini.
Acting Matabeleland North police spokesperson Sergeant
Namatirai Mashona could not comment on the issue.
A source at the school told The Chronicle that an Economics
teacher, a Mr Mandira, exposed the three pupils.
“The pupils approached their teacher before the exam and
asked to be helped to answer some questions. He told them to focus on what he
had taught them but after seeing the paper he noticed that all the questions
they asked him about were in the question paper.
“The teacher reported the matter to the headmistress who
summoned the pupils upon which they said they got the question paper from a
WhatsApp group where it had been posted,” said the source.
The school authorities reported the matter to the police
who took the pupils for questioning yesterday.
The source said some members of the alleged WhatsApp group
started exiting after getting wind about the investigations.
Zimsec has over the years been rocked by exam leakages
which saw some papers especially Mathematics being re-written.
This year no reports of exam paper leakages had been
recorded after the national examination body put some security measures among
them digitalising handling of exams to curb corruption. Chronicle
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