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Students
slam Zimsec over exams
Rutendo Mawere,
The Standard (Zimbabwe)
October
24, 2004
http://www.thestandard.co.zw/read.php?st_id=831
SCORES of students
will start writing final examinations tomorrow unaware of how they
fared in their mid-year tests or in which subjects they needed to
improve.
The Zimbabwe Schools examination Council (Zimsec) has been widely
condemned for failing to release this year's June Ordinary Level
examination results on time.
Traditionally
these results come out in early September, about a month before
final examinations, but it's a different case tomorrow when "O"
Level students start the end of year examinations.
When the students
step into the examination centres tomorrow, many who wrote the early
examinations will be unaware of how they fared in June.
Several parents
interviewed by The Standard said in order to secure passes for their
children, they usually registered them twice for subjects like mathematics
and English.
"My child is
not good in Mathematics so I registered her for the June sitting
so that she could assess herself and also if she passes she would
not have to sit for the end of year examinations as the subject
takes most of her study time,"said Maxwell Mudadigwa of Harare.
Students have
also complained about the delay and said this had greatly inconvenienced
them.
Most of the
students who sat for the June examinations told The Standard that
they had not planned to write examinations for subjects they would
have passed.
"I wrote four
subjects in June with the hope of lessening my October burden as
I do 10 subjects. I am still struggling to read all the subjects,"
said Sithabile Marufu of Foundation College in Harare.
Zimsec Information
Officer Faith Chasokela said the delay was because of some machines
that were not functioning well but could not say when the results
would be released.
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