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Prosper Dembedza
Herald Correspondent
THE headmaster of Ivyluck College in Harare, Tafadzwa Chikohora (31), appeared in court yesterday on allegations of stealing exam fees for three students who intended to sit for Zimsec O’ Level November 2024 examinations.
Chikohora was facing theft of trust property when he appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi.
He was remanded in custody to tomorrow for bail application.
The complainant is Mr Lucky Sibanda, who is the college director.
The college offers classes from Form 1 to Form 6, but is not a registered Zimsec examination centre.
It is the State’s case that sometime in May this year, the college was entrusted with US$729 in examination fees to register three students for Zimsec O’ Level November examinations at Ellis Robins High School, a registered Zimsec examination centre.
Chikohora allegedly converted the examination fees to his personal use and failed to register the students as agreed.
The court heard that Chikohora concealed his actions by forwarding four falsified statements of entry documents purporting to have registered the students for examinations.
The State further alleges that Chikohora later created counterfeit Zimsec examination papers, allowing students to take these fraudulent examinations at the Ellis Robins High School laboratory.
After the exams were completed, Chikohora destroyed the counterfeit papers to conceal his action.
The court heard that the fraudulent scheme was uncovered when students discussed the contents of the examination papers, leading to suspicions that prompted Chikohora’s arrest.
It is the State’s case that copies of the fake examination papers were recovered from Chikohora’s phone.
The total prejudice is US$729 and nothing was recovered.
