Seventeen pupils in Kabompo District in North Western Province are protesting this year’s grade 12 final examinations because their names have been omitted from the examination register that had come from the examination council of Zambia.
This was brought to light when some of the pupils stormed ZANIS offices to air their grievances in Kabompo today.
The pupils displayed a list of names and examination numbers omitted from the examination register from examination council of Zambia.
They lamented that they were forced to write biology and home economics practicals on an uncertain promise that the school authorities would inform the Examination Council of Zambia about the matter.
When contacted a close source at Kabompo High school confirmed the development to ZANIS saying the school authorities had been told to submit names and examination numbers of all the affected pupils.
The source said the school head teacher Mr. Moses Kawiza who could not be reached by press time was following up the matter with the examination council of Zambia, because the number of the affected pupils had risen to 37.
He said that the affected pupils were those from Pokola open high school, Kayombo and Kabompo high schools.
Pupils from Pokola open and Kayombo high schools sit for their examinations at Kabompo High school because they have not been given examination center numbers by the examination council of Zambia.
And district education board secretary Felix Ngoma said he was not in a position to give information on the matter until he had discussed the matter with the school authorities.
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Sorry that i thought we have getting closer to attain mellinium goals 2015, so what is the way forward
give these innoncent children a chance please’
Rigging at work, MMD thought it were elections!
It seems the names were sent to Elections Commission of Zambia (ECZ) instead of Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ). Dan Kukalale should have played tricks!
Let the children writte their exams please.someone must be fired for not doning his/her work correctly to make it posible for our fellow zambias in grade 12
This is something very common in Zambia, i would kjust like to say Bravo to the pupils who have protested and have made it public Knowledge. Because i have herad stories such as these some have narrated them to me when i asked them why didnt they tell someone they said that there scared ot they have been told that not even the provincial ministry of edcuation can do anything.
Too bad for my brothers and sisters.Imagine the efforts they put in only to discover that they won’t write the exams bcoz somebody somewhere didn’t do what they are paid for. Or is it the faster way of achieving MDGs.