The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has also put in place obligatory processes to ascertain the safety of candidates and invigilators during the course of the examinations.

Pupils sitting for examinations who have tested or may test Covid-19 positive will sit for their exams under special health protocols, that include sitting in isolated exam rooms with strict monitoring by caregivers under strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as guided by Ministry of Health and Child Care and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.

Examination centres have also been disinfected in line with Ministry of Health and Child Care guidelines.
Thermometers, disinfectants, face masks, wash facilities and hand sanitisers have been procured for all examination centres to combat Covid-19.

Standard Operating Procedures have been invoked at schools such as John Tallach Secondary School in Ntabazinduna and Anderson High School in Gweru, Chinhoyi High School in Chinhoyi and Matopo High School in Matobo to curb further spread of the deadly virus.

Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations start today while Grade Seven candidates start writing on Thursday.

Practical examinations, however, started two weeks ago.

Zimbabwe had by last Sunday recorded 9 950 Cases 8 482 recoveries and 276 deaths with Bulawayo leading in terms of active cases.-Chronicle