The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) is hiring former First Lady Grace Mugabe’s elite private school to accommodate examiners marking Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations in a deal.
Zimsec Public Relations manager, Nicky Dhlamini confirmed that examiners are housed at the Amai Grace Mugabe School in Mazowe for more than a month.
The examinations board make use of publicly funded educational institutions traditionally, Mrs Dhlamini said the board selects the venue uniformly without isolating any institutions but look into the affordability of each available facility.
“We occasionally use private Universities and entities who offer requisite facilities. It would be good to note that in Mashonaland Central marking was at Zegu, a private church-owned university and at Amai Mugabe school.
“Our criteria for venue selection is uniform for all institutions. We do not isolate institutions based on them being private or state-owned. As an examinations council, we look for availability, facilities, and affordability amongst other imperative things,” Mrs Dhlamini said.
Meanwhile, Zimsec has another deal with the Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (Zegu) in Bundura, which is owned by Zaoga Church leader Ezekiel Guti having shunned the Bindura University of Science Education (Buse).
