18-year-old girl convicted of falsifying ZIMSEC results

18-year-old girl convicted of falsifying ZIMSEC results

An 18-year-old girl from Murisa Park in Chitungwiza, Shamiso Pretty Bvukure, has been convicted of falsifying her Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) results.

He appeared in the Harare Magistrates Court on charges under the Zimbabwe Examinations Act.

Also read: Two Hatfield men arrested for cheating in ZIMSEC maths exam at Matthew Rusike College

Multiple grade changes and fraudulent additions discovered during the verification process

According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe, the case came to light when the recruitment section of the Police Headquarters attempted to verify the ZIMSEC results of several applicants on October 11, 2024.

During this process, officials discovered that Bvukure’s result sheet had been tampered with. The alterations included changing his maths grade from an ungraded ‘U’ to a ‘C’, improving his English score from a ‘U’ to a ‘B’ and altering his Shona language grade from an ‘E’ to “A”. Also, the results fraudulently listed ‘History’ as ‘A’ and added ‘Combined Science’ and ‘Commerce’.

Details of the sentence

Following her conviction, Bvukure was sentenced to 12 months in prison. However, six months of his sentence were suspended for five years, based on his good behavior. The remaining six months will be done as community work, requiring 210 hours of work.

Two arrested for cheating during math exam at Matthew Rusike College

Meanwhile, in another incident, two men from Harare were recently arrested for attempting to cheat during a maths exam at Matthew Rusike College in Epworth.

The suspects, Paddington Chataika and Joseph Murimba, 37, were caught in the act of rape following a report to Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) officials.

According to a ZIMSEC representative, Chataika had orchestrated the plan for Murimba to sit the exam in his place. Tadzoka Chirima, the loss control manager at the Harare depot, responded to the alert and arrived at the university to conduct an investigation.

Upon arrival, Chirima met with the school principal, Tendai Mararike, to discuss the situation. After their discussions, they interviewed Murimba, who admitted to appearing for the exam on behalf of Chataika, who was apparently waiting in the school parking lot.

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