The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) said some students failed to sit for the exams, while other schools failed to get the exam papers.
At some schools like Mvundusi, Mazorodze and Dombo primary school in Chivi district, there was a low student turnout for the exams, while the police outnumbered the teachers, Chauke said.
“It is a disaster, more than 20 students did not turn up for exams at Mvundisi primary school, while at Mwenezi district’s Chingano primary school, the Shona paper two was delayed as they had not received the exams,” said Chauke.
He added that the exams were only written later as they had to get the paper from another school where students had already sat for the exams.
“They had to borrow the exam from another satellite school, Mateke, after the pupils there had already written the exams. The explanation given was that the exams had not been collected from ZIMSEC, which only delivered the exams a day before the commencement of the exams last Sunday
Meanwhile, teachers who spoke to Radio VOP said they had not gone back to work to conduct the exams despite the pledge by Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono to give them allowances amounting to $1 million a day for invigilating. Another amount was also promised to be deposited in the teachers’ accounts at pay day.
“Gono is trying to treat the symptoms, instead of the cause of the disease. The teachers are disgruntled, their salaries fall below the poverty datum line, and to promise us the allowances without an assurance would be a lie. We have been fooled before,” said a teacher RadioVOP caught up with at a bank queue in the city.
No comment could be obtained from ZIMSEC, or the Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, by the time of going to print.
Radio VOP