SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ UNION OF ZAMBIA (SESTUZ) Office number 02-03 Compensation House, Kasama. Cell: -0979907738-0967350334, Email: sestuznorthern@yahoo PRESS STATEMENT ON EXAMINATION LEAKAGES WE AS SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS UNION OF ZAMBIA (SESTUZ) NORTHERN PROVINCE FEEL THE EXAMINATION COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA (ECZ) NEED TO DO A LOT AND OFFER AN EXPLANATION ON HOW EXAMINATIONS LEAK. SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS HAVE DONE A LOT TO SECURE THE EXAMINATION PAPERS WHEN THEY GET INTO THEIR CUSTODY AS REVEALED BY AN INSPECTION CONDUCTED IN THE PROVINCE. STRONGROOMS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR EXAMINATION PAPERS TO LEAK AT THAT POINT SINCE KEYS TO THESE ROOMS ARE KEPT BY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS. THE UNION AS AN IMPORTANT STATEHOLDER, HAVE ALSO DONE A LOT OF SENSITISATION TO ITS MEMBERS AND WE STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW AND AT WHAT POINT THESE PAPERS LEAK. WE FEEL ECZ BEING AN AUTONOMUOS BODY SHOULD INSTEAD GET FULLY INVOLVED IN THE ADMINISTERING OF THE EXAMINATIONS THE SAME WAY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA (ECZ) HANDLES ELECTIONS. TEACHERS INVOLVED SHOULD BE PAID CONSIDERING THE RISKS INVOLVED IN THESE EXAMINATIONS SO THAT TEACHERS ARE PROTECTED AND TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY. BY DOING THIS, ECZ WILL ALSO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AND IT WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHENEVER THERE ARE EXAMINATION LEAKAGES. THESE LEAKAGES ARE AN EMBARASSEMENT TO THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND SYSTEM AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS SHOULD COME TOGETHER AND FIND A LASTING SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. THE UNION FEELS IT IS A MATTER THAT NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION. MOREOVER, A POSTMORTEM MEETING WHERE ALL STAKEHOLDERS SHOULD BE PRESENT, SHOULD BE CALLED TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPLIMENTING THE EARLIER SUGGESTED MEASURES. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL THE TEACHERS WHO WERE AND STILL ARE INVOLVED IN THE EXAMINATION INVIGILATION FOR NOT INDULGING THEMSELVES IN EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE. KASHWEKA SIMASIKU PROVINCIAL SECRETARY
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:57:40 +0000
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