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Prosper Dembedza – Harare Correspondent
Ivyluck College headmaster Tafadzwa Chikohora (31) has appeared in court on allegations of stealing exam fees for three students who wanted to sit for their Zimsec O’ Level November 2024 examinations.
Chikohora appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi facing theft of trust property.
He was remanded in custody to October 25 for bail application.
The complainants are represented by Mr Lucky Sibanda, who is the college director.
The college offers classes from Form 1 to Form 6 but is not a registered Zimsec examination centre.
It is the State’s case that sometime in May this year, the college was entrusted with US$729 in examination fees to register three students for Zimsec
‘O’ Level examinations for November this year at Ellis Robins High School, which is a registered Zimsec examination centre.
Chikohora converted the money to his own use and failed to register the students as agreed.
The court heard that Chikohora concealed his actions by forwarding to the college fake statements of entry purporting that he had registered the students for the Zimsec November 2024 examinations.
The State further alleges that Chikohora later created counterfeit Zimsec examination papers, and facilitated for the students to take these fraudulent examinations at the Ellis Robins High School laboratory.
After the exams were completed, Chikohora destroyed the counterfeit papers to conceal his actions.
The court heard that the fraudulent scheme was uncovered when students discussed the contents of the examination papers with other students, leading to suspicions that prompted Chikohora’s arrest.
It is the State’s case that copies of the fake examination papers were recovered from Chikohora’s phone.
The total prejudice is US$729 and nothing was recovered.
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