Farai Dziva|
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has urged government to postpone public examinations to May 21.

ARTUZ president Obert Masaraure argued November public examinations should be deferred to May 2021.

Masaraure, quoted by NewsDay, said :

The examinations will be forced down the throats of over 650 000 unprepared learners who had no access to remote learning after COVID-19-induced schools closure of 24 March 2020.

An average of 32 000 elite learners who enjoyed exclusionary access to online learning will be ready for these apartheid examinations.

Examination candidates have lost five solid months of learning time in the critical final year of their studies.

They are likely to lose more. Traditionally, these lost months are dedicated to completing the syllabi and embarking on a robust revision process to recall concepts covered in the first academic year of the two-year course.

It is practically impossible to frog march these ill-prepared learners into the examination room and expect them to cough out good results.