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Ray Bande
Senior Reporter
GOVERNMENT is working on a raft of measures that include lengthy jail terms for offenders to curb exam paper leakages in the education sector, a Cabinet Minister has said.
This was revealed by Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Honourable Torerayi Moyo during his keynote address at the National Association of Primary Heads (NAPH) national conference in Mutare today.
Minister Moyo also commended measures taken so far to curb exam leakages in the country’s education sector and announced more stringent measures that Government is working on in order to plug exam leakages.
“We have had the problem of exam leakages in recent years. We have had even Grade Seven exam papers leaking. We are happy that this year we have not had exam leakages and that makes me proud as I recently took over the Ministry.
“Going forward, we are now focusing of more stringent measures on this challenge of exam leakages. We have drafted a Bill that we sent to the Attorney Generals’ Office meant to come up with more stringent measures against exam leakages.
“The Zimsec Act provisions, to me are now old. They are archaic. So we want to come up with progressive provisions such as giving nine or ten-year jail terms to anyone responsible for exam paper leakage. That will be deterrent.
“We will also make use of technology such as serials that will report to the head office as and when an exam paper pack has been opened. We want to do away with exam paper leakages,” said Minister Moyo.
The 34th NAPH national conference was being held under the theme: “Rising above challenges: Underfunding in education, a challenge to the school head.”
Primary and Secondary Education Deputy Minister, Honourable Angeline Gata, all senior staff in the Ministry and all primary school heads from all corners of the country, are in attendance.
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