By Tendai Chisiri
The 2021 Grade 7Examination had an increase of 4.02% in candidate’s performance from the last year’s pass rate of 37.11%.
In a press statement , ZIMSEC said the improvements in the candidates’ in all subjects many be attributed to among other factors the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education interventions that led to increased learning time by pupils through the use of alternative teaching and learning strategies, a longer teaching and learning calendar in 2021 as compared to 2020.
The total number of candidates who sat for the 2021 Grade Seven examination was 325 573. This is a 0.65 decrease from the 2020 entry which was 327 559. Their research on the drop in entry across the 2021 levels found out that the drop in the entry was attributed to the following factors, economic hardships largely induced by the COVID19 pandemic and other economic factors, learners dropout as a result of pregnancies and child marriages and the introduction of Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (CALAs0 which was not initially positively received by some candidates.
Heads of Schools will be able to collect the results from their respective ZIMSEC Regional Offices Monday, the 7th of February .The online portal is open.
The 2022 cohort of Form 1 learners are expected to start classes on 14 February 2022.
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