adminof Education, Sport, Arts and Culture had a meeting with members of the Association of Trust Schools and ordered them to observe the law.
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Mr Chrispen Bowora, said this when he appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Education, Sport and Culture yesterday.
“Last week or so we had a meeting with the ATS where we were telling them that they should abide by the law of the country. The country says Zimsec exams will come first and if anybody wants to write additional examinations from anywhere else in the world that is their business but their children have to write the Zimsec examinations. So I think we are getting over that problem,” Mr Bowora said.
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He said this while responding to a question by Mutasa North legislator (David Chimhini MDC-T) who wanted to know why some schools still preferred external examinations especially those offered by Cambridge University. Mr Bowora said the economic downturn in the past decade could also have contributed to a negative perception of Zimsec as the organisation faced a number of operational challenges during the period. He, however, defended Government’s move to make writing of Zimsec examinations compulsory saying it was a worldwide phenomena. Most private schools do not offer Zimsec examinations opting for those administered by foreign bodies especially from the UK.
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