The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) says the decision by the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) to open a mop-up registration window for November candidates does not go far enough in addressing the plight of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
ARTUZ suggested that ZIMSEC should allow all prospective candidates to register and then the public examinations management body comes up with ways of getting the fees from the Government and parents. ARTUZ said:
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The mop-up exercise by [ZIMSEC] will not address the exclusion of the poor from sitting for public examinations.
Registration for examinations shouldn’t be tied to any fee, ZIMSEC should devise means of recovering their monies from the Government and parents after registering all learners.
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On 17 April 2023, ZIMSEC announced that it will open a mop-up registration window to allow candidates who failed to register before 14 April to be able to register.
ZIMSEC said the window will be open from the 8th to the 12th of May 2023. Part of the statement read:
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ZIMSEC will carry out a registration mop-up exercise from Monday 8 May 2023 to Friday 12 May 2023 to allow centres to ensure that all their candidates have been registered for the November 2023 examinations.
Candidates who wish to sit for their examinations should ensure that they register at their centre of choice during this period.
Examination registration fees during that window are pegged according to the normal registration.
The registration fees are accepted in the currency parents and guardians are comfortable paying in.
For parents who wish to pay in ZWL, payments will be made at the prevailing exchange rate which will be communicated on Friday, 5 May 2023.
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ARTUZ is a trade union that advocates for better working conditions and salaries for rural teachers, who often work in difficult circumstances with limited resources. 
The union has been involved in various protests and strikes to draw attention to the challenges faced by rural teachers and to push for reforms in the education sector.
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ZIMSEC Registration Mop-up Exercise Insufficient - Teachers

The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) will open a mop-up registration window to allow candidates who failed to register before 14 April to be able to register.
The window will be open from the 8th to the 12th of May 2023. In a statement released on 17 April 2023, ZIMSEC said:
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The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) issued a circular to all Examination Centres on the 31st of January 2023, informing of the approved Ordinary and Advanced level June/ November examination fees and the closing dates for registration for each session respectively.
ZIMSEC wishes to make the following announcement to the nation and our stakeholders.
1. The November 2023 Ordinary and Advanced level examination registration closed on the 14th of April 2023.
2. ZIMSEC will carry out a registration mop-up exercise from Monday 8 May 2023 to Friday 12 May 2023 to allow centres to ensure that all their candidates have been registered for the November 2023 examinations. Candidates who wish to sit for their examinations should ensure that they register at their centre of choice during this period.
3. Examination registration fees during that window are pegged according to the normal registration. The registration fees are accepted in the currency parents and guardians are comfortable paying in. For parents who wish to pay in ZWL, payments will be made at the prevailing exchange rate which will be communicated on Friday, 5 May 2023.
4. Payments for the examination fees should NOT be paid directly into ZIMSEC accounts by individual parents. Candidates/ Parents should make payments to the centre of registration for forward remission to ZIMSEC.
5. Centres are hereby advised that this window is open only for individual candidates who would have failed to meet the 14 April 2023 deadline and not for whole centres. Kindly refer to Examinations Circular No. 4 of 2023 and Finance Circular No. 1 of 2023 for guidance. NB. THERE ARE NO LATE REGISTRATION FEES TO BE PAID before the 12th of May 2023.
We urge all parents and candidates to take note of this window period and adhere to the deadlines set herein.
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ZIMSEC To Embark On Mop-up Registration Exercise

The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) has extended the June examination registration period for Ordinary and Advanced levels.
In a statement, ZIMSEC said it has extended the deadline to 24 March 2023. Reads the notice:
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This is to notify candidates and guardians that the ZIMSEC Ordinary and Advanced Level June 2023 Examination Registration period has been extended to Friday 24 March 2024. Visit your nearest School/ Centre for registration.
Parents and guardians are guided to pay the fees in a currency of their choice. (Rand, USD, or ZWL).
Payments in ZWL are to be made using the prevailing interbank USD to ZWL exchange rate as of the 17th of March 2023, which is ZWL$1005 to USD 1.
Stakeholders and clients must note that:
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<li>Government subsidy does not apply to candidates retaking any subjects;</li>
<li>BEAM does not support retake examinations and;</li>
<li>Candidates should have fulfilled the CALA requirements for them to sit for the June examinations.</li>
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