Panic over Zimsec exams deadline
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- 29 Jul 2022
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Thousands of pupils and parents throughout the country are in panic mode after failing to secure registration fees for the 2022 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations whose deadline is tomorrow.
Zimsec opened registration for Grade 7, Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations for this year from July 22 to 29 and gazetted fees that are payable in United States dollars or the equivalent in Zimbabwe dollars at a rate of US$1:$455.
Grade 7 learners will pay US$10 for all subjects, while O and A Level students are paying US$11 and US$22 for the first seven and three subjects per subject, respectively, following a 55% government subsidy for public, local authority and not-for-profit mission schools. O and A Level students will pay the full amounts of US$24 and US$48 for each extra subject thereafter.
Parents of Grade 6 pupils are also cracking their heads over the recently introduced Zimsec termly examination fees of US$5, which also benefit from the 55% government subsidy on the gazetted US$11 fee.
The registration process has reportedly been marred with chaos as some schools have been demanding payment exclusively in United States dollars, claiming that they do not have swipe machines or other RTGS payment facilities.
Some schools (names supplied) were not accepting mobile phone payments, arguing that it was taking more time for the payments to reflect in their accounts.
Teachers unions reported that some schools had set their own deadline of yesterday because they needed time to reconcile all the payments, including those that were made via bank transfers. Read More…
