Traditionally, the Grade 7 examinations are written in early October with the results being released in December when schools close. Zimsec sources and teachers who spoke to The Zimbabwean this week said it was impossible for the national examination board to meet the December deadline.
“Normally, the marking of the examinations has been completed by this time and in December the results are announced. The provincial supervisors have not yet met to discuss the answers and the guidelines of the marking. Nobody from Zimsec has bothered to communicate with us,” said a teacher who has been involved in the making of the examinations.
Measures are also being taken to avoid leakages following the widely publicized incident in Matabeleland North where an acting headmaster lost 13 O-level examination papers resulting in the government reprinting them at a cost of $850,000.