Many prospective A level students are being turned away from various schools dashing any hopes for higher education. Zimpolicy and ZimEye can exclusively reveal that most schools are opting to enroll pupils with 9As and only those that attended O levels at their schools, leaving external students without any hopes of getting places at schools of their choice. The situation is even worse for those students with grades B and C as they are not even considered for selection.
Some parents found themselves in a dilema as they tried to secure A level places for their children in various schools. “I wanted to take my son who got 9As, 3 Bs and a C to St Ignatious school but they wouldn’t take him. Instead, they enrolled about 40 of their own who had 9 As or better, 26 girls and only 3 boys from other schools.
The boys from other schools had 13 As each. The Head explained to me that since there was so much competition for limited places,the fairest criteria for enrollment was the number of As scored.I thought that was only fair and did not take offence.I don’t think anyone will fail to get a place.Its just a question of each one going where they belong.” said one parent.
The allegations are that the head teachers are compelling for bribe money in order to take pupils from outside.This has left parents with no option but to enroll their chidren at those schools which are not their first preference.
Meanwhile a comment from the Education Ministry was not forthcoming at time of writing.
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It only shows that something is wrong with examinations if schools have more than 40 kids passing with more than 9 As!! If it was a couple of schools I would understand it, but then it seems nearly all so called schools have this unusual pass rate such that outsiders cant be enrolled. Anyway, send your kids to schools with their pass rate and dont force them into the so called elite when they will not make it due some unknown ‘culture.’
At Marists brothers Nyanga , St Ignatius ,Regina Mundi, Monde, -they take their own children from form 4.Some with 8As fail to be retained at their beloved schools,what more outsiders? A school like Nyanga will take its former student with 8As rather than an outsider with 10As because their own child knows the culture and has been bred in the culture.Parents must learn to send their kids to best schools at Form one,and encourage them to work hard.At Nyanga, its hard for an outsider to be a prefect at A level-they trust their home grown kids and its normal