Tinoonga Mawere, Gutu| A teacher at Majada Secondary School wrote a Mathematics examination paper for an  Ordinary level candidate last week, an incident that has exposed the Zimsec ineptitude. The teacher allegedly wrote the Mathematics paper 2 examination for a candidate who was absent from the examination room. He reportedly took two question papers out of the examination room and went to his house where he wrote the paper. He later returned to the exam room with answer sheets and attempted to leave the papers where the absent candidate was supposed to be sitting. He was then stopped from leaving the papers by one of the invigilators present.
The Zimsec blunders have continued unabated at a time the government claims to have revolutionised the education system for the better and educationists say the education standards have plummeted because of the local examination board’ s glaring errors.
Gutu District Education Officer Sonny Chirikure confirmed the incident and said the police were investigating the matter.”We have such an incident but the police are investigating the matter,” he said. When the government localised the examination process ,educationists were sceptical of the development and it has since been realised their projections were correct. The Zimsec system has created loopholes that have seen leakage of examination papers and corruption taking centre stage.Concerned educationists say the education standards have been compromised by Zimsec’s gross incompetence.