Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) ZIMSEC GCE Ordinary Level Examination TimeTable May/June 2025 is officialy out.Find and Download ZIMSEC GCE 2025 Timetable below
MORNING SESSION
09:00HRS
AFTERNOON SESSION :
14:00HRS
INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR CANDIDATES AND EXAMINATION CENTRES
Please go through this Examination Time-Table and these instructions thoroughly before the examinations.
a) This Time-Table should not be varied or adjusted in order to accommodate any other examination(s) without the authority of ZIMSEC.
b) NO EXTRA TIME will be allowed beyond the time allocated for each component/ paper. A Special Consideration and Special Arrangement facility is available for candidates who sit for examinations under adverse conditions such as illness or bereavement in accordance with Examination Regulations.
c) Examination dates and the duration of the examination for each paper on the Time-Table take precedence over all examination dates and times/ duration quoted elsewhere in any other document issued by ZIMSEC unless otherwise advised officially by the Council in separate correspondence.
d) Candidates MUST register for ALL their examinations across levels at one centre. ZIMSEC will not approve any arrangements for candidates who wish to sit for their Examinations at multiple examination centres.
e) Heads of Examination centres are advised NOT to register Candidates beyond their approved thresholds. Unregistered candidates SHOULD NOT present themselves for examinations. EXAMINATION CENTRES SHOULD NOT ALLOW UNREGISTERED CANDIDATES TO WRITE EXAMINATIONS.
f) In cases where a candidate is registered for examination papers which are time-tabled in the same session, the candidate MUST apply for Time -Table deviation through the Head of the examination centre sixty (60) days before the examination. This also applies to candidates who registered for examinations across levels.
g) Heads of examination centres MUST ensure that No candidate sits for examinations for more than nine (9) hours in any given examination day.
h) It is MANDATORY for ALL PRIVATE candidates to present positive identification to the Head of the examination centre before they are allowed to register for any examination.
i) Examination centre authorities and Invigilators are not allowed to bar candidates from writing any examination for any reasons other than as stated in the ZIMSEC Examination Regulations. No Candidate should therefore be barred from writing examinations because he/she has not paid school fees and levies. ALL registered candidates whose examination fees are fully paid have the right to write examinations for all papers they registered for.
J)Candidates should not abuse the provision in (i) to violete school rules and disrespect authorities. This Examination Time -Table DOES NOT suspend school rules and discipline. Appropriate disciplinary actions shall be taken by the school and ZIMSEC will not intervene if such disciplinary actions prejudice the candidate’s right to sit for his/her examinations. Be guided accordingly.
k) Mobile cellular phones, smart digital/ cellular watches or clocks, spy glasses, spy pens and any other electronic devices that can copy, store or process information are STRICTLY prohibited from the examination rooms. Invigilators are also not allowed to bring these gargets into the examination rooms.
l) For time management, centres SHOULD use clocks which are visible to every candidate in the examination room. All Examinations MUST begin and end at stipulated time-tabled times without variation, therefore, clocks used for time-management in the examination rooms SHOULD not be adjusted backwards or forward in violation of this requirement.
m) It is MANDATORY and every candidate’s right to check all question paper envelopes before they are opened to ensure that no one has tempered with the question papers before the examination.
n) The collection and packing of scripts and the sealing of script envelopes after the examination MUST be done in the examination room(s) in full view and witnessed by all candidates. Heads of examination centres SHOULD enforce this regulation.
o) Candidates and all individuals involved in the administration of examinations are encouraged to report to ZIMSEC or any authorised person candidates, officials or individuals who breach Examination Regulations.
p)Results for any candidate(s) who engage(s) in any form of cheating in the examination shall be CANCELLED and the candidate shall be prosecuted. ZIMSEC SHALL revoke the examinations centre status for any centre that breathes ZIMSEC Examination Regulations.
q) A schedule of subject paper components available for the November examinations will be provided together with the Time-Table to guide candidates in their registration for examinations. Any special requirements by any candidate should be communicated to =SEC three (3) months before the examination to enable the Council to consider Special Arrangements for the candidate(s) in accordance with the regulations.
r) Any queries relating to this Time Table should be channeled to the following contacts +263 242 304 119.WhatsApp-0782745768
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