Zimbabwe: O Level Exams Now Being Marked At Gunpoint

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    Zimbabwe: O Level Exams Now Being Marked At Gunpoint

    The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has deployed a team of heavily armed riot police officers at the Midlands State University (MSU) to keep a close eye on disgruntled examiners marking Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) Ordinary Level scripts after skirmishes broke out there earlier this week. The examiners were protesting against non-payment of their allowances. One has since been arrested and seven have been chased away. Sources said the cops, brandishing AK47 riffles, batons and tear smoke equipment, have set up a 24hr camp on the premises and often make sporadic bursts into the marking rooms to threaten the examiners, ...


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