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28 January 2022
Vimbayi Mahachi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The newly enected Media law crimimalises falsehood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seemingly the general populace is either oblivous of this fact or are just acting ignorant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet, ignorance has no defence in the court of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometime last year a video of President ED Mnangagwa circulated on social media where he bemoaned a story that purported to have emanated from his office. The statement claimed that a serious lockdown had been proclaimed by the President because of the Covid-19 Omicron Variant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement was false and the President came out lambasting the author of the statement and threteaned that level 4 sentence would be delivered to the author of the statement once the C.I.Os found who wrote and circulated the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday the Social media awash yet again of news suggesting that last year grade seven examination results had been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a telephone interview with Zim GBC News, Public Relations Officer for ZIMSEC Nicky Dlamini dismissed the news as untrue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the interview Dlamini stated that Zimsec does not communicate on Whatsapp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We don’t communicate on Whatsapp, if you are on our mailing list you should know that we always give press releases in our boardroom as well as our mail lists.” Said Dlamini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She went on to explain that once the examination board was through with its processes grade seven results will be released first week of February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The delay has resulted in many children not knowing which school they will be attending form one. This is because form one places are applied for through a ministry of education online portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results and the student examination number are a prerequisite on the portal. Without the two the portal will not process the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This delay has left parents in a quandry as to planning. There are new uniforms to be purchased and there is traveling to the chosen schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, grade seven results for the year 2020 were released in February of 2021. Since the onset of Covid-19 the school calendar has been constantly adjusted to meet up with lockdowns that were placed to mitigate the spread of the corona virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was a decline in the national pass rate which was 37,11 percent against 46,9 percent in 2019, translating to a decrease of 9,79 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Statistics from Zimsec show that more girls passed their 2020 Grade Seven Examinations compared to boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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