3 teachers arrested for writing Zimsec Maths exam for student

Glenforest Development Center deputy headmaster, Thomas Augustine Mabvuregudo, Mathematics teacher Patrick Kolopa, Science teacher Stewart Munaka and the candidate, Neville Roia, were sentenced to 210 hours of community service after one of the teachers wrote an exam for the student.

The four pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a crime when they appeared  before Harare magistrate Ms Gamuchirai Siwadi who sentenced the quartet to a year each in prison. Six months of the sentence was suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour. The remaining six months were suspended on condition that they each completed 210 hours of community service. Kolopa was facing a separate charge of contravening the Zimbabwe School Examinations Act and was sentenced to another 210 hours of community service.

Prosecutor Mr Progress Maringamoyo told the court that on November 1 this year Mabvuregudo and Munaka were at the school preparing to invigilate candidates sitting for O-Level Mathematics Paper 2. The pair was approached by Roia who was one of the candidates. They agreed that Kolopa was to write the examination for him. The offence was discovered by ZIMSEC’s human resources manager, Mr Paul Nyausaru, who was doing spot checks in Goromonzi District.