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HEXCO/ZIMSEC
exam scandals
Zimbabwe
National Students Union (ZINASU)
June 07, 2009
ZINASU is dismayed
by the late release of last year's examination results conducted
by the Higher Education Examination Council (HEXCO). ZINASU questions
the way HEXCO ran the November 2008 examinations. The delay in the
release of the results is as disturbing as it compromises the credibility
of the results due to an array of issues that rocked the examination
process namely:
- Numerous
cases of paper leakages
- Incessant
postponement of writing dates
- Issuance
of wrong papers
- Lecturer`s
strikes which led to students not receiving full tuition
The delay in
the release of results has greatly affected the 2009 academic calendar
for students in polytechnic colleges.
It is in this
light that the union demands the immediate restructuring of HEXCO
and ZIMSEC to improve their human and financial capacity to conduct
examinations in future.
University
of Zimbabwe
The student
union is concerned about the slow progress towards the reopening
of the institution. The government is showing minimal commitment
in its efforts in moving towards reopening the institution.
The Professor
Levi Nyagura led administration has dismally failed. This failure
has been characterized and is evidenced by the unmitigated dilapidated
infrastructure i.e. lecturer rooms, halls of residence, shortage
of qualified lecturers, remuneration etc.
He is the worst
Vice Chancellor ever to head the institution since its inception
in 1957.
In 2000, Professor
Nyagura was involved in a high level corruption and embezzlement
case when he flouted procurement and financial regulations in the
purchase of curtains for over $11 million for the halls of residence
and common rooms.
On the 9th of
2007, Nyagura closed the university halls of residence and evicted
more than 5000 students only two weeks before the examinations rendering
all the students homeless.
To date Nyagura
has suspended over 60 student activists since his inception as Vice
Chancellor in 2003.
It is in this
light that the Union is convinced that the continued closure of
the university is more complex than merely claiming that the university
closure has continued on account of water problems.
Nyagura
must go!
To us in the
students union, we will judge the success or failure of the government
through its ability to address the challenges and problems confronting
the education sector. As of now, we can confidently and authoritatively
say the government of the day has failed.
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fact
sheet
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