THE Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ) has nullified results for 311 grades nine and 12 candidates for alleged involvement in examination malpractices last year.
ECZ information, education and communications specialist Ronald Tembo said in a media release in Lusaka yesterday that 231 grade 12 candidates had their results nullified while 80 pupils who wrote their grade nine examinations had also been disqualified.
Copperbelt had the highest number of Grade 12 candidates affected, at 62, while Western Province followed with 45 and Lusaka had 29 candidates in the same grade involved in malpractices.
Mr Tembo said 23 grade 12 candidates were affected in Luapula Province, while Central had 22, North-Western Province 20, Southern 13, Eastern 12, with Northern Province recording five disqualified grade 12 examination candidates.
“In addition to the nullification of results in all the subjects for 311 candidates involved in examination malpractices, ECZ has slapped appropriate penalties to these culprits which include excluding them from writing any examinations conducted by ECZ for a period of two years,” Mr Tembo said.
He said that the nature of the malpractices received by ECZ included receiving assistance from teachers, prior knowledge of the examinations, smuggling of unauthorised materials into the examinations rooms, collusion by candidates, impersonation and obscenity.
Mr Tembo said apart from the 231 candidates at grade 12 level, 13 other cases were still under investigations.
He said the prominent cases in all the provinces were the smuggling of unauthorised pre-written materials which amounted to 128, with the Copperbelt alone recording 128 cases.
Mr Tembo said there was also a high percentage of pupils receiving assistance and that Western and Copperbelt provinces had the highest number of such cases.
At grade nine level North-Western Province did not record any malpractices while Lusaka had the highest number, at 22.
The lowest was Western Province which had five cases.
“Examination malpractices have become the most serious problem threatening the entire fabric of our educational system.
“The resort to malpractices during examinations is harmful for the moral intellectual development of our country,” Mr Tembo said.
[Times of Zambia]
fikopo fyeka fyeka
Cheats never prosper.
Woooow 2yrs no exam?awe cheating iliko bad it’s a lesson to would be perpetrators.Ubukopo efyo bwaba.
awe 2much rekages now days that’s why we cant emprove in zambnia especial those prepare exam plz mazke sure that this year we are making good results than this yeeras pasing ok. bravooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo to ecz
Punishing pupils only… Go head on punishing teachers who were found helping those pupils. final clean your own house (ecz) by inducing investigation on officers leaking examination papers/answers to the pupils or selling those papers to anyone else. Dismissal/penalty two yrs no wage
SHPORALISING!!!!
two years is too much for the those poor pupils.if thats how its gonna be,then students studying in russia should be punished more.everybody just copies,pass exams without even understanding a thing.in the end evryone is a graduate!!!
I hate pupils who cheat.
Evans, we all hate pupils who cheat. Unfortunately cheating will continue as long as we do not address the root cause. Punishing the pupils may not have as much impact as we would love to see. If some pupils had exam materials in advance, then they should have gotten them from the ECZ. First and foremost, there is need to deal with the teachers and the ECZ officials or the security system for exam materials. Lastly we need to review our exam oriented system of education. Some of our pupils are not for academics, they might be gifted in trades and crafts. What we need is an education system that appreciates talent and gifting.
I thought problems of leaking exam materials where a thing of the past! I remember we had these problems even when I attended school in the eighties. There were always rumours around exam time about certain students possessing exam papers in advance, or some teacher giving help to certain students (especially female students) in exchange for sex. Whether true or not, these rumours always circulated. Although I personally never saw any student sanctioned for it.
We should have continuos assessments during the year rather than depend on the final exam which can be unfair when we have cheats or if someone falls ill.
Unversities too should have entrance exams testing the would be students on their area of study prior to a final offer being given.
Punish the Teachers and ECZ officials too.
Well smugling of exam papers wil never end,coz tha ones aheard (the teachers,some e.c.z official)keep on supling the exams papers coz of lack of fully cooked&trusted securities..just gonna be like that no matter what.
Those who cheat will be answerable to God that they lived their thru cheating. They are not free. This is all because of poor conditions of service. As along as they don’t improve the system will not change.
What a nice thing that a step has been taken…
It is very disappointing to see people cheat! Not only the pupils should be punished but also the invigilators! Pupils were cheating right under their nose urgh! It was aggravating for me who did not use any leakages witness such unfair treatment.ba ecz you need to be more stricyt when conducting exams
I Cant wait for makos results…lll be the first to publish online,hihi….woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah,..,,hehe AM HIGH.owe
Exams are easy lets not cheat guys!!
stop cheating your self coz ecz will not stop removing paper.
ecz is doing a good job but they must publish the results on the internet
We have all been there……………There is no point of cheating if you are not ready. Awe ifyaupuba lets learn to study hard and be serious with school.
cheatin will never end unless the government increases teachers salaries.
Yes ecz there doing a good job but the problem is with the teacthers. For me i dont still understand where do pupils got reakages this seems to be a serious problem in schools.
ECZ is doing a good job,especially that know the involved the police doing examination time to inspect.
They deserve it
How can I get ma results which never came at my school this year.
lets stop exam cheatin n we will prosper in life
I like the way exams have been conducted this year(2014) no cases of leakages,hopefully it continue, gud job
Comment: I want to check my resuilts for 2011 grade 12