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‘Nurse jailed for using fake certificate’ (Newsday, 15 October 2013)
By Tinotenda Samkange
MASUKA (27) was sentenced over the weekend byMbaremagistrateVictoriaMashambafollowing her conviction on a charge of forging one Gertrude
Marufu’s Ordinary Level certificate to secure a place at the hospital’s training school in 2009.
As a result of her misrepresentation, Masuka was admitted to train as a Registered General Nurse for a period of three years and was supposed to graduate on October 25 this year.
However, the scam was exposed after her “O” Level certificate was submitted to the Salary Services Bureau (SSB) to enable her to get her salary at the end of this month.
The SSB in turn sent Masuka’s certificates to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for authentication, where it emerged that Masuka had not sat for the November 2003 Zimsec “O” Level examinations as indicated on the certificate.
Zimsec established that the certificate belonged to Marufu who had sat for the examinations at Sakubva High School using candidate number Z23484/103.
Certifying Statements of Results
When an individual loses their original certificates, upon application for a replacement ZIMSEC will issue a Certifying statement of results.
This will stop the expense and the hustle of applying for confirmation of results each time certificates are required. It is as good as the original certificate.
Let us come together and stop academic fraud. Please contact any of the ZIMSEC offoces or visit the ZIMSEC stand at the ZITF for applications and further information.
www.zimsec.co.zw <http://www.zimsec.co.zw> Email: [email protected]
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