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In a communiqué to its associations, the world football body said the examination will be written on a single day and aspiring candidates should be conversant with local and international laws.
At the moment Zimbabwe has 31 registered players’ agents whose national association is chaired by Bulawayo businessman, Omega Sibanda.
“Therefore, every association will have to organise the next session of examinations on the aforementioned date and time.
Fifa will send the 15 questions that relate to the international regulations to each of the associations in one of the four official Fifa languages (English, French, Spanish or German).
“Due to the fact that some associations will need to have the questions translated into their own national language, we will therefore send the questionnaire on Wednesday 27 March 2013. Additionally, please be informed that each of the associations will be provided with the answers to the respective examination on Friday 5 April 2013,” wrote the Fifa deputy secretary-general Markus Kattner.
Fifa said each association is required to set five questions of its own, on national subjects and that such questions should be set as a multiple choice test while it has the sole authority on questions relating to international subjects.
“All associations are therefore strictly forbidden from setting their own questions relating to international subjects. In the event of any violation in this regard, Fifa will not recognise the examination results from the association concerned, therefore rendering invalid all players’ agents licences that are awarded as a result of the respective examinations,” said Fifa.
Last year Zifa did not invite any prospective candidates to sit for the examination with its chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze saying the examination will be written in March this year.
Meanwhile, some concerned Zimbabweans have reportedly written to Fifa, through its whistle blowing site, urging the world soccer body to investigate all registered players’ agents who got their licences in the last six years.
They want Fifa to demand answer sheets as it is also alleged that some never wrote the examinations.
According to sources, there are also concerns that the pass rate during the era was just too high.
“It all came as a surprise really that every Jack and Jill suddenly found himself a Fifa accredited players’ agent during that period.
“Mind you the requirements are so stringent and for the country to suddenly have such a huge number was indeed a shock. A bigger South Africa only had a single agent at the time that Zimbabwe found itself with 33 agents,” said the source.
Most clubs now prefer players who represent themselves as more often they have found themselves in conflict with agents. The teams’ point is that local agents behave as if they own players like their own tools yet it should be the player who engages an agent to manage his affairs.
There have also been allegations of high commissions being taken from players.
Even now the 2013 Nations Cup hosts have half the number of agents that Zimbabwe has due to the stringent requirements set for one to acquire a licence.
Online Reporter