By Own  Correspondent| The Zimbabwe Examinations Council (Zimsec) has engaged the services of auditor Deloitte’s Tip-Offs Anonymous Facility as it seeks to plug and unearth examinations leakages.

The exams body has been plagued by leakage of examination papers on an almost annual basis.

In a statement, Zimsec said:

ZIMSEC ENGAGES THE DELOITTE TIP-OFFS ANONYMOUS FACILITY

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) wishes to inform its valued stakeholders, employees, and members of the public that it is now part of the Deloitte Tip-Offs Anonymous facility.

ZIMSEC is dedicated to promote and maintain integrity, honesty and sound ethics in its operations. It is in this vein that we are urging all our valued stakeholders to utilise this facility and report cases of examination malpractice, fraud, corruption and misconduct by school authorities, contract and permanent employees in line with examination regulations and any other work-related crimes.

The Tip-Offs Anonymous facility will assist ZIMSEC to ensure that ethical business practices and high levels of integrity are maintained in line with the ZIMSEC Act, the ZIMSEC Charter and the Employment Code of Conduct.

ZIMSEC encourages all stakeholders and members of society to report any incidents of examinations malpractice, unethical business practices and corruption through the following:

Fraud & Ethics Hotline: Deloitte Tip-offs Anonymous
Telone Toll-Free Lines: 0800 4100/4101/4103/4104/4105/4106/4151
Toll Free NetoneLines: 0716 800 189/ 0716 800 190
Toll-Free Econet lines: 0808 4461/ 5500
Toll-Free Telecel Lines: 0732 220 220/0732 330 330
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.tip-offs.com.
Toll-Free Fax: 0800 4146
Free Post: The Call Centre, P 0 Box HG 883 Highlands, Harare