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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The 2020 November Ordinary Level examinations will resume on Tuesday and will be completed on 5 February.<\/p>\n

The government said it will use the final O\u2019 Level examinations to assess the safety of schoolchildren from the coronavirus, before announcing the dates for reopening of schools for all Forms and Grades.<\/p>\n

Last week the government indefinitely postponed reopening of schools for the First Term, which was due to start on 4 January 2021 (tomorrow).<\/p>\n

Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Communications and Advocacy Director, Taungana Ndoro, revealed that the government moved away from the initial calendar to ensure more measures were put in place for preparation of schools opening. He said:<\/p>\n

The whole logic behind the deferment of schools opening was to decongest classrooms and to give school heads time to come up with alternative infrastructure.<\/p>\n

It was impossible to have two classes of the same form but different years at the same school at the same time, for instance, it was impossible to have this year\u2019s Form Fours together with last year\u2019s Form Fours at the same time.<\/p>\n

When we opened under Phase one, these were the examination classes, we managed to contain the situation. However, the problem started when the other phases started coming back to school.<\/p>\n

And most of the affected were boarding schools so we want to ensure that there is decongestion in schools.<\/p>\n

Ndoro added that school heads have been instructed to identify and rehabilitate alternative spaces which can be used as classrooms or dormitories. Ndoro said:<\/p>\n

We need to decongest the classes and have additional infrastructure so schools have been instructed to use every space available, be it basketball or tennis courts and be turned into classrooms and halls can be used as dormitories wherever possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The 2020 November Ordinary Level examinations will resume on Tuesday and will be completed on 5 February. The government said it will use the final O\u2019 Level examinations to assess the safety of schoolchildren from the coronavirus, before announcing the dates for reopening of schools for all Forms and Grades. 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