Zimsec 2017 O Level Maths paper "leaks", candidate arrested

Zimsec spokesperson Ms Nicky Dlamini told Sunday News that they have launched an investigation to find out if the 2017 Ordinary level Mathematics paper which was written last week was leaked following reports that it was circulated on WhatsApp platform by a private candidate a few hours before the examination started at Kamativi Secondary School in Matabeleland North.

A private candidate Crispen Munkombwe is assisting police with investigations. Sources told Sunday News that Crispen was apprehended together with  a church leader from Harare, and a soldier stationed in Masvingo (names withheld). Said Dlamini:

A boy has been apprehended and he is helping police with investigations on the alleged leakage of the paper. Investigations are ongoing to find out if the paper was really ours and for now nothing can be done until we have that evidence.

Crispen allegedly received a handwritten exam paper via WhatsApp. The questions on the handwritten paper later turned out to be the same as those that were in the original paper.

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