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Nearly 5 000 candidates who sat for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2022 Ordinary Level exams in November have their future in limbo after the body nullified their results for cheating.
Addressing the media during the release of the results in Harare Friday, Zimsec chairperson Professor Eddie Mwenje said 4 961 candidates who had access to leaked papers had their results invalidated in compliance with section 34 of the Zimsec Act.
“As a result of the combined investigation reports from schools, and the identification of culprits at the marking and grade reviews stages, a total of 4 961 candidates had results nullified. This number is out of 278 760 who registered for the Ordinary Level examination. The number represents 1,78% of the total candidate entry.”
“The results of such candidates were nullified for the subjects in question in accordance with the Zimsec Act section 34. Candidates, headmasters and members of the public who were caught posting question papers on WhatsApp and those buying them were arrested and appeared in court.
“Candidates who had pre-access to question papers at different examination centres were identified during the writing of the examinations and also at the marking of scripts and grade review stages,” he said.
According to Prof. Mwenje, there was a 2.62% increase in pass rate this year compared to 2021.
“In 2022, a total of 183 584 wrote five or more subjects and 53 169 passed five or more subjects with a grade C or better giving an overall pass rate of 28,96% as compared to 163 179 candidates who wrote five or more subjects in 2021, with 42 985 passing five or more subjects with a Grade C or better yielding a pass rate of 26,34%. The statistics show that the 2022 pass rate increased by 2,62% from 2021,” said Prof Mwenje. Nhau/Indaba
