A 48-year-old teacher from Hwange was found gu!lty of fraudulently assisting three high school students with their O-Level mathematics exam.
Mkululi Moyo was charged and convicted in the Hwange Magistrates’ Court for his involvement in this sc@ndalous ch3ating scheme.
During the examination, Moyo allegedly helped the students by providing them with the answers to the questions, resulting in an unfair advantage for the students and an unfair disadvantage for those who took the exam honestly.
The court imposed a 12-month prison sentence for this serious v!olation of academic integrity.
Allegations were that Moyo unlawfully and intentionally sat for the November 2023 Maths Paper 2 examination to impersonate Hwange High School students. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said:
The @ccused person hatched the plan with his accomplice Mark Bhebhe the invigilator who is still at large. Bhebhe was given the written answer scripts and gave them to the 3 candidates who entered personal their details on the answer scripts and submitted those ones they had written themselves. He was given a reward of USD150.
The matter came to light in December when ZIMSEC examiners detected that the handwriting on the personal details section was different from the handwriting in the main body of the answer script. Further investigations were conducted and it was discovered that the candidates were from Hwange High School.
The investigating team visited Hwange High School on 22 March 2024 and showed the headmaster the answer scripts and the headmaster confirmed that the handwriting on the answer scripts belonged to the @ccused person.
SOURCE : HARARE LIVE
