ZIMSEC Exams To Be Mandatory For All Schools From 2027

All schools in Zimbabwe will be required to register learners for Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) exams from 2027, the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Torerayi Moyo, has said.

Addressing the Senate this week, Moyo said the policy would ensure pupils at both public and private schools followed the national assessment framework.

Some schools may be permitted to offer both ZIMSEC and Cambridge examinations, he added, but they would have to justify how pupils could sit both.

“Starting next year, all the schools in this country are going to offer one examination, Zimbabwe School Examination Council,” Minister Moyo said.

“It will be mandatory for all the schools in Zimbabwe. The law says there must be one curriculum.

“In 2027, every school must be offering Zimbabwe School Examination Council Examinations.

“But we have allowed them if they think their students are bright, are intelligent enough, they can offer both Cambridge and ZIMSEC, but they must justify how they are going to achieve it.”

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