News of the South HARARE – The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council Ordinary level results for November 2018 are out.
Speaking to the media in Harare on Tuesday, Zimsec chairperson Eddie Mwenje said candidates can now view their results through a recently introduced online portal.
“We are pleased to announce that, beginning with the November 2018 Ordinary Level Examinations. results will be accessible to Candidates and authorised personnel online,” he said.
The online option will be through the Zimsec website www.zimsec.co.zw and instructions on how to access the results are available on the Zimsec examinations portal page.
Pass rate on this first set of results in the new curriculum is disappointing, sitting at 32.83%.
“The total number of candidates who sat for the November 2018 Ordinary Level examination was 239 441. This is 29.98% less than the candidates who entered for the 2017 November examination session which was 332 473.
“The rise in the 2017 entry was as a result of a rush by candidates to write the last O level examination on the old curriculum. 162 541sat for 5 or more subjects and of these50664 obtained Grade C or better in five or more subjects, yielding a 32.83% which was higher than the 28.7% of 2017 where 162 915 sat for 5 or more subjects,” Mwenje said.
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