The hearing of a matter involving 15 Gweru-based Regina Mundi High School pupils who were blacklisted by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for alleged examination cheating has been set for March 12.
Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo will preside over the hearing. Through their parents, the students filed a court application at the Bulawayo High Court challenging the nullification of their November 2017 results by Zimsec. They are seeking an order compelling Zimsec to set aside its decision to cancel their November 2017 examination results. Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Professor Paul Mavhima and Zimsec are cited as respondents.
According to court papers, one of the pupils allegedly mobilised her classmates to contribute $3 each towards raising money that was used to purchase copies of the November 2017 Examinations question papers for English Paper 2 and Mathematics Paper 2. The pupil allegedly received the question papers on her mobile phone via WhatsApp and shared them with her classmates. They then allegedly smuggled the papers into the examination room.
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