ARTUZ accuses ZIMSEC of publishing fake results 

By Staff Reporter  HARARE — The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has accused the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) of publishing misleading and unreliable national examination results.  The union alleges that opaque grading and moderation practices amount to what it describes as “fake results.” In a statement titled Public Examination Evaluation Crisis: End of […]

Cracks in the chalkboard unmask Zimbabwe’s rural–urban education divide

By Marshall Bwanya HARARE – Each dawn, 15-year-old Thobeka (not her real name) sets off on a 10-kilometre trek along a dusty trail to Thokozani Secondary School in Insiza, Matabeleland South.  Her destination is a school without water, toilets, electricity, proper accommodation, or enough teachers. Textbooks are scarce. Learning, a daily struggle. Over 400 kilometres […]