Lyson Sithole
Cephas Shava
MWENEZI- In
an incident that will put the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec)
into disrepute, a Marirangwe Primary School deputy head Lyson Sithole lost the
English Paper 1 examination scheduled to be written last Monday after it fell
off his motor bike when he had gone to collect them from Sacred Heart High
School centre.
an incident that will put the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec)
into disrepute, a Marirangwe Primary School deputy head Lyson Sithole lost the
English Paper 1 examination scheduled to be written last Monday after it fell
off his motor bike when he had gone to collect them from Sacred Heart High
School centre.
Close
to the 12 km peg, Sithole who was tying the papers on the back of his motorcycle,
checked the papers only to realise that they were missing.
to the 12 km peg, Sithole who was tying the papers on the back of his motorcycle,
checked the papers only to realise that they were missing.
He
said he made an immediate U-turn, checking the papers along the road but in
vain and he immediately made a police report at Rutenga Police Station.
said he made an immediate U-turn, checking the papers along the road but in
vain and he immediately made a police report at Rutenga Police Station.
The
papers were picked up by a 16 year old passer-by identified as Lackson Gumbo who
resides at Guramatunhu along the Rutenga-Boli road who then informed the
authorities.
papers were picked up by a 16 year old passer-by identified as Lackson Gumbo who
resides at Guramatunhu along the Rutenga-Boli road who then informed the
authorities.
The
District Schools Inspector (DSI) Lackson Zanamwe, Schools Inspector Philip Gumbo,
Sithole, the police and TellZim News reporter immediately rushed to the scene.
District Schools Inspector (DSI) Lackson Zanamwe, Schools Inspector Philip Gumbo,
Sithole, the police and TellZim News reporter immediately rushed to the scene.
The
papers were recovered and were still sealed and the passer-by who picked them
up said he took the papers for safe keeping while he alerted the authorities.
papers were recovered and were still sealed and the passer-by who picked them
up said he took the papers for safe keeping while he alerted the authorities.
Zanamwe
regretted the incident but expressed gratification that the papers were found
intact without any sign of tempering on them.
regretted the incident but expressed gratification that the papers were found
intact without any sign of tempering on them.
“This
is the worst unfortunate incident we do not tolerate but we are a bit happy as
you can see for yourself that the paper is intact and nothing was tempered
with,” said Zanamwe.
is the worst unfortunate incident we do not tolerate but we are a bit happy as
you can see for yourself that the paper is intact and nothing was tempered
with,” said Zanamwe.
Owing
to the delays in recovering the papers, the examination which was scheduled to
start at 9:00 am was delayed by about an hour.
to the delays in recovering the papers, the examination which was scheduled to
start at 9:00 am was delayed by about an hour.
