Ordinary and Advanced Level June examinations were
suspended in 2021 following disruptions caused by Covid-19.
The decision to suspend the Zimsec June examinations arose
from the delays in sitting the public examinations at the end of 2020 and the
alterations of the 2021 standard education calendar.
The last June examinations written in 2020 had 54 645
candidates who sat for their Ordinary Level compared to 75 055 candidates in
2019, translating to a 27,19 percent decrease. A total of 3 501 candidates sat
for five or more subjects and 627 passed with grade C or better.
Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education spokesperson Mr
Taungana Ndoro said the candidates started writing the examinations in May and
so far schools have not faced any challenges.
He said because of Continuous Assessment Learning Activity
(CALA) there are no Ordinary level learners sitting for the examinations since
they have not yet finished their CALA, which disqualifies them from writing the
mid-year examinations.
Mr Ndoro said those re-sitting for examinations are able to
do so since they already have their CALA submitted the previous year.
“We are happy with the progress so far and we hope it will
continue like that,” said Mr Ndoro.
In the November 2022 examinations, a number of candidates,
teachers and some school heads were arrested for cheating. More than 5 000
Advanced and Ordinary Level candidates had their results nullified for having
pre-access to examination papers.
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) said it
nullified results of 195 A-Level candidates and 4 961 O-Level candidates.
The examinations body said it will deregister schools and
examination centres found guilty of leaking the exam papers. Zimbabwe’s
education system is an envy of many countries hence students who complete
A-Level can be enrolled at any university in the world.
Zimbabwean students graduating from its universities and
other tertiary institutions are also recognised internationally because the country
has been able to maintain very high education standards.
Zimsec has said it will come up with watertight systems to control the movement of exam papers to stop the leakages which are threatening to bring the exams system into disrepute.Chronicle
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