Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Two learners at Mufakose High1 last week appeared in court after they were caught cheating in the middle of an examination.
The two Beloved Chidakwa (19) and Tinashe Shambi (19), already had access to a Mathematics Paper 1 exam paper before the examinations started, according to prosecutors.
They were charged with a count of unlawful access to examination material when they appeared before Harare Magistrate Tafadzwa Miti, NewZimbabwe reported.
Chidakwa and Shambi were freed on ZW$15 000 bail each.
They will be back in court on November 28 awaiting trial.
Chidakwa was caught scrolling on his iPhone 6S and did not pay heed to the instructions to surrender it to the invigilator when called on to, according to court papers.
The invigilator, Zvikomborero Gomera, took the student to the Headmaster David Vurayayi to report the matter.
Upon confiscation of the phone and investigation, it was discovered that it contained scanned copies of the paper which were being written on the same day and pictures of proposed answers.
The matter was reported to the police and Chidakwa was arrested.
He then implicated Shambi, claiming that Shambi had shared the paper through his WhatsApp account.
Shambi was arrested and his phone was also confiscated and the same content was recovered.
The pictures are yet to be submitted in court as exhibits.
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) reported last week that the Ordinary Level Mathematics Paper 1 had leaked.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) suspects the soft copies of the papers are leaked by someone at the ZIMSEC head office in Harare.
Teachers’ unions have blamed the “structural and ethical decay” at ZIMSEC, and bad leadership in the government for recurring examination leakages.
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure said poor salaries are pushing ZIMSEC workers to engage in corrupt practices.
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