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Teachers Condemn Riotious Kitwe Pupils
THE Secondary School Teachers Union of Zambia (SESTUZ) has condemned pupils from some Copperbelt schools for rioting over fake leaked examination papers.
Copperbelt SESTUZ chairmperson Anthony Mukanda said his union is disappointed by the behaviour of pupils adding that the riots are uncalled for.
Mr Mukanda said in an interview yesterday that unruly behaviour by pupils should not be condoned.
“We condemn this archaic and irrational behavior by the pupils. It appears that pupils got used to attaining qualifications they did not deserve to get at grade 12 level,” Mr Mukanda said.
Mr Mukanda said it is sad that parents are conspicuously silent over the behaviour of their children when they should be in the forefront of discouraging examination malpractices.
Mr Mukanda has however commended the Examination Council of Zambia (ECZ) for measures it has put in place to prevent examination paper leakages.
“We seem to be headed for sanity in this area and hopefully we shall soon reach the proverbial ideal in which examination leakages will once more become a taboo,” Mr Mukanda said.
Mr Mukanda urged teachers to remain resolute and committed in guarding jealously the pride of their profession.
Last week, scores of Grade 12 pupils at Helen Kaunda, Kitwe Boys and Mukuba Secondary schools on the Copperbelt ran amok, throwing stones and burning vehicle tyres after discovering that they had fake leaked examination papers.
This was after the pupils wrote their biology paper one which was different from the one they had.
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on October 16, 2014. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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stuff people say
October 16, 2014 at 10:49 am
You waiting for your breast to sweep the floor, before you know you’re grown.. How much do you contribute
IF NOT
October 16, 2014 at 11:09 am
Balimicenjesha ba kapala na leakage ya fubi, learn to study hard for your exams.
gstar
October 16, 2014 at 11:25 am
Jst study not depend on the leak papers.
Trixy
October 16, 2014 at 11:54 am
These days kids grow up not knowing what is wrong and right. How can a normal child go rioting for having failed to steal? These are the same chaps who fail to operate in offices…you find a person with a degree failing to write a simple report…and you find them working in the same position for years, no promotion coz their work leave much to be desired…these things have a way of coming back…..Infact some serious companies will never employ anyone without an uptitude test. This is where you find those with 15 points going upwards do better than the ones with 8 points going downwards…Why? This is self-explanatory. So these kids must be made aware of the long term effects of examination leakages…
kasantana
October 16, 2014 at 12:28 pm
The young people of these days sure!! Study imwe baiche what is wrong? Muli mu ndoti mulepona uno mwaka.
mutototo
October 16, 2014 at 3:26 pm
emulandu wine yafule ama 6 points yabufi let them go to university and later become tourits