ZIMSEC Candidates Affected By COVID-19 To Write Their Exams In Isolation

600 000 end of year ZIMSEC Candidates are expected to sit for their exams starting this week and students affected or infected by COVID-19 will sit for their exams in isolation, The Sunday News reports. This includes students who might have tested positive for COVID-19 or those who are in isolation after being in contact with infected persons.

This was revealed by Primary and Secondary Education Director for Communications Mr Taungana Ndoro who spoke to the publication and said ZIMSEC Candidates will starts exams this week:

…Pupils who have contracted Covid-19 will write in isolation while the examination rooms will continuously be disinfected to curb the possible spread of the pandemic in schools.

We are aware that there may be cases in schools and among school pupils. This is just a minor setback. We are going ahead with the Zimsec examinations despite the pandemic. We are the only country that managed to hold the examinations at the peak of the pandemic.

So, we have very efficient standard operation procedures that we have put in place to ensure early detection of cases in schools. So, the pandemic is there as a distraction but as a ministry we will not be defeated by the pandemic. The focus is on the country’s socio-economic development which is driven by the education sector.

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The pandemic maybe with us for the unforeseeable future but that does not mean that the learning should stop. We have more than 600 000 candidates that have registered for the November examinations. In total we have a student population of about 4.5 million

There has been commitment shown by teachers in schools. More than 80 percent of teachers are in schools teaching and preparing the learners for the ZIMSEC examinations. The students themselves are enthusiastic about writing the examinations. So, we will proceed with them while following the guidelines set by the Ministry of Health and Child Care. Those that have contracted Covid-19 will write in isolation

The government has been urged by parliamentarians to defer 2020 ZIMSEC exams as COVID-19 cases in schools increased after students from Matopos High, Girls College, Jonh Tallach, and Chinhoyi High tested positive for the virus but the government has decided to let exams proceed despite the fact that teachers went back to work less than a week ago after they cited incapacitation and failed to report for duty for 2 months.

More: The Sunday News