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This year’s Examination papers will be guarded by Security personnel-Mabumba

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Minister of General Education David Mabumba
Minister of General Education David Mabumba

Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ending examination malpractices in the country. General Education Minister David Mabumba said examination papers for this year will be guarded by security personnel to avoid leakages in the country.

Mr. Mabumba said examination malpractices have compromised the standard of education in the country adding that if left unchecked, can jeopardize the sector.

He has since called on traditional leaders to play an active role in the fight against examination vices.

He said this today when he paid courtesy call on senior chief Inyambo Yeta in Mwandi district in Western Province.

And Induna Anasambala told the Minister that he was disturbed with cases of teachers who allegedly impregnated pupils in the area.

The Induna has since implored the Minister to take stiffer punishment against erring teachers.

Meanwhile, Induna Afungateka observed that the transfer of teachers from rural to urban areas has negatively impacted on pupils in rural communities.

The Induna has therefore asked government to lessen transfers of teachers from rural areas so that there is equity in the delivery of education in the province.

Mr. Mabumba is in Western Province to interact with various teachers in schools in order to have firsthand information on challenges they are facing.

15 COMMENTS

    • Th truth is that leakages come from ECZ it self. Learn the process of security exams from external bodies such as Cambridge, Edexcel, Oxford, AQA, IB and so on. Their exams are not leaked because there are lawas governing the preparation of the paper, moderating the paper, printing and packaging and finally storage of the same.

    • Does Mabumba trust those security personnel? Actually there will be more leakage than before should Mabumba hgo ahead with his plan to trust security guys.It will be easy for them to deal because no one will go near them even if suspicious acts are noticed.

  1. The bad practices are not just confined to the store rooms. Pls put CCTV in every exam centres and connect then to security rooms. There’s alot of cheating in these exam centres. It’s almost becoming a normal standard to cheat than not to. Technology must begin to make sense in this age.

  2. JUST INSTALL PRINTERS IN ALL DEBS OFFICES,SO THAT PRINTING CAN BE DECENTRALIZED AND THE PRINTING MUST BE DONE THE EVENING BEFORE A PAPER IS WRITTEN AND ALL HEADTEACHERS MUST BE PRESENT,THE PASSWORD MUST BE SENT FROM ECZ OFFICES SIMULTANEOUSLY AT THE TIME OF PRINTING.
    SATELLITES OR INTERNET MUST BE INSTALLED.

  3. I feel that exams are initially leaked from ECZ itself. While police will be guarding the storerooms, social media will be awash with the gold nuggets

  4. This headline should probably read: “This Year’s Examination Leakage Racket Gifted To Security Personnel.”

  5. At the rate we are, you can’t trust any human being. Just expect leakages to be there because apparently leakages are now a form of cash cow. If we go digital, it will still come bak to the same thing. Remember at one time in Zambia, there was a gigantic jackpot in 2012 i think which was to be won by a lucky punter, This jackpot was well televised throughout Zambia, what happened? The IT guy of that lottery company programmed the winning numbers to go straight to his girfriend, so the girlfriend won and the guy got leave to go and enjoy his IT brilliance with his girlfriend. It later leaked that the IT guy had programmed the winning numbers to his girlfriend and he was eventually arrested together with the girlfriend. This is Zambia we are talking about! Anything to do with quick money…

  6. Our government institutions are rotten to the core with corruption.
    This move will shift the loot perpetrators from the teachers currently to the security wings. In fact it will be worse.
    The only solution is to spend money, for now, and outsource the whole process from printing the papers up to distribution distribution of the same to the examination centre – UNTIL SUCH A TIME THAT SABITY IS BROUGHT BACK IN OUR INSTITUTIONS.

  7. The best is to study the life span of an examination papers. It has stages which Examination Council of Zambia should be conversant with. A paper can be leaked by even the examination setters ,himself. That is why those who set exams must sign letters of confidentiality. This should be thoroughly be scrutinized by a body that keeps exam setters on microscopic alert. When a paper is being dispatched from point A to point B, set security measures should also be put in place. Storage and proper security features should be put in place to avoid tempering of the papers. Most of these leakages of examinations, are done by examiners themselves.
    Security personnel will not provide any solution from the exams being leaked. Just put in measures in the way the life span of the paper is being…

  8. This yea we are buying from PFoools unprofessional police, it will probably be even cheaper, the cadre police are cheap to buy

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