{"id":34933,"date":"2021-02-16T19:32:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T17:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=34933"},"modified":"2021-02-16T18:14:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T16:14:52","slug":"grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report","title":{"rendered":"Grade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has reportedly increased the number of subjects to be written by Grade 7 pupils to six.<\/p>\n

Physical Education and Arts (PEA) has been introduced as an examinable subject to add to the traditional subjects; English, Maths, Shona, General Paper and Agriculture which was introduced recently.<\/p>\n

General Paper has been renamed Social Sciences, with the family, religion and moral education as a topic which constitutes 50% of the examination.<\/p>\n

The contents of the Social Science subject and Agriculture have been drastically changed as well. Prominent journalist Happi Zengeni said via Twitter:<\/p>\n

Physical Education and Arts (PEA) has been introduced as an examinable subject at Grade 7 with effect from this year, bringing to six the number of subjects written by final-year primary pupils.<\/p>\n

Content would include topics such as visual and performing arts, which will constitute 50% of the examination while physical education, sports and MASS DISPLAYS should make up the other 50% and shall be written as one multiple-choice examination paper.<\/p>\n

Former general paper changes its name to Social Sciences with the family, religion and moral education as a topic which constitutes 50% of the examination.<\/p>\n

Agriculture will now include science and technology with the agriculture component making up 50% of the examination paper. Science and technology will make up 30% while ICT will make up the rest.<\/p>\n

Commenting on Zengeni\u2019s post, University of Zimbabwe law lecturer and MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere it was important that Grade 7 pupils were taught \u201ccivics\u201d. She said:<\/p>\n

I wish Grade 7 pupils would be taught civics \u2013 the structure of Central & Local Govt, how to vote, their Constitutional rights, how Parliament functions, the basics of law-making, legal functions of the Police & general skills that will empower them & create strong citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has reportedly increased the number of subjects to be written by Grade 7 pupils to six. Physical Education and Arts (PEA) has been introduced as an examinable subject to add to the traditional subjects; English, Maths, Shona, General Paper and Agriculture which was introduced recently. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,35,15],"tags":[1493,2189,3122,3123,19,1270],"class_list":{"0":"post-34933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-community","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-grade-six","14":"tag-happi-zengeni","15":"tag-zimbabwe","16":"tag-zimsec"},"yoast_head":"\nGrade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has reportedly increased the number of subjects to be written by Grade 7 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has reportedly increased the number of subjects to be written by Grade 7 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-16T17:32:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-16T16:14:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/img-602bef5d44b69.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report\",\"name\":\"Grade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/img-602bef5d44b69.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-16T17:32:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-16T16:14:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has reportedly increased the number of subjects to be written by Grade 7 ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/img-602bef5d44b69.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/img-602bef5d44b69.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":402,\"caption\":\"Grade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Grade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Grade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT - zimbabwe","description":"The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has reportedly increased the number of subjects to be written by Grade 7 ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Grade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT","og_description":"The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has reportedly increased the number of subjects to be written by Grade 7 ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2021-02-16T17:32:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-16T16:14:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":402,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/img-602bef5d44b69.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report","name":"Grade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/img-602bef5d44b69.jpg","datePublished":"2021-02-16T17:32:37+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-16T16:14:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has reportedly increased the number of subjects to be written by Grade 7 ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/img-602bef5d44b69.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/img-602bef5d44b69.jpg","width":720,"height":402,"caption":"Grade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/grade-7-examinable-subjects-increased-to-six-report#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Grade 7 Examinable Subjects Increased To Six \u2013 REPORT"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}