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2025 Form One Application Dates Out
28 October 2024
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By Correspondent — The Government, through the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, has announced the start date for electronic enrollment for Form One pupils in 2025. 

The online portal, managed via the Electronic Ministry Application Platform (EMAP), will open on Friday, November 1, and remain accessible until December 31, 2024.

A circular signed by the Ministry’s Secretary, Moses Mhike, and addressed to Provincial Education Directors, Responsible Authorities, District Schools Inspectors, Church Education Secretaries, CHIZ, and all school heads, confirmed the platform’s launch date of November 1.

Each applicant can submit applications to up to five schools. If an applicant receives an offer from one school, they will be ineligible to apply to other schools unless they decline the offer.

The circular reads in part:

“The electronic platform for enrolling Form One (1) boarding places for 2025 opens on November 1 and will remain accessible until December 31, 2024. Parents/guardians wishing to send their children to boarding schools are advised to apply through the platform (www.emap.co.zw). Each applicant is allowed a maximum of five active applications at any given time. An applicant who is offered a place at one school will no longer be eligible to apply to other schools unless they decline the initial offer. Notifications for successful applicants will be sent via SMS by the respective School Heads.”

The Ministry has advised parents and guardians to prepare alternative arrangements due to the limited number of available boarding places.

Once an application is submitted, it may display one of the following statuses:

  • Pending: The application is still under consideration.
  • Accepted: The applicant has been offered a place at the school.
  • Processed: When a school accepts an application, all other pending applications will automatically change to“Processed.”
  • Rejected: The application was unsuccessful.

Mhike emphasized that if an offer is declined, there is no guarantee it will be available again, as the system independently selects successful candidates.