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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>40% to 50% of learners in Matabeleland North Province that are supposed to sit for the 2021 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examinations are failing to register, it has emerged.<\/p>\n

Matabeleland North provincial education director Jabulani Mpofu told Southern Eye that there had been very low registration turnout by learners in the province for the November \u201cO\u201d Level examinations, even as the deadline was drawing nearer. Said Mpofu:<\/p>\n

In Matabeleland North, only 40% to 50% of students have managed to register, which is way too low compared to the total number of students that are expected to actually sit for the examination.<\/p>\n

The deadline for registration is July 9. There is nothing that we can do to help those who can\u2019t afford to pay for their exam registration because it\u2019s something that needs to be looked at by the government.<\/p>\n

The government recently increased examination fees for both \u201cO\u201d and \u201cA\u201d levels to $5 194 for seven \u201cO\u201d level subjects and $3 240 for three \u201cA\u201d subjects and the fees are beyond the reach of the majority of villagers.<\/p>\n

In 2020, more than 15 000 examination candidates failed to register, and the situation is expected to be worse this year.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, last week, teachers\u2019 unions urged Treasury to release $2,9 billion and allocate it towards ZIMSEC examination fees saying that parents could not afford the new charges due to the effects of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. 40% to 50% of learners in Matabeleland North Province that are supposed to sit for the 2021 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examinations are failing to register, it has emerged. Matabeleland North provincial education director Jabulani Mpofu told Southern Eye that there had been very low registration turnout by learners in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":43004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,35,15],"tags":[1493,2189,1731,1907,5419,5418,5417,19,1270],"class_list":{"0":"post-43005","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-examinations","14":"tag-exams","15":"tag-form-four","16":"tag-matabeleland-north","17":"tag-o-level","18":"tag-zimbabwe","19":"tag-zimsec"},"yoast_head":"\nOnly 50% Of Form 4 Students Register For ZIMSEC Exams In Mat North - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"40% to 50% of learners in Matabeleland North Province that are supposed to sit for the 2021 Zimbabwe School Examinations ...\" \/>\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\/only-50-of-form-4-students-register-for-zimsec-exams-in-mat-north\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Only 50% Of Form 4 Students Register For ZIMSEC Exams In Mat North\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"40% to 50% of learners in Matabeleland North Province that are supposed to sit for the 2021 Zimbabwe School Examinations ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/only-50-of-form-4-students-register-for-zimsec-exams-in-mat-north\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-05T18:36:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-05T17:31:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/07\/img-60e341b44a3f9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/only-50-of-form-4-students-register-for-zimsec-exams-in-mat-north\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/only-50-of-form-4-students-register-for-zimsec-exams-in-mat-north\",\"name\":\"Only 50% Of Form 4 Students Register For ZIMSEC Exams In Mat North - 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