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Message: [QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 31935, member: 636"] People who leak test papers in Zimbabwe might spend nine years behind bars. Schools caught doing this will lose permission to run exams and shut down completely. The government just approved these tough rules yesterday to stop cheating. Anyone who pretends to be someone else during tests faces jail time as well. These changes come from the Zimbabwe School Examination Amendment Bill, which aims to improve the exam system. The cabinet agreed to these new rules during their meeting in Harare. Dr. Jenfan Muswere told reporters that these changes address many problems in schools across the country. The bill helps fix issues like test leaks, wrong student registrations, and cheating at test centers. It gives the exam board more power to punish schools that break the rules. The board can work faster with these updates and stop paper leaks before they happen. Education Minister Torerai Moyo explained why they needed stronger punishments. He mentioned how five different test papers leaked out during 2022, mostly for high school exams. The public will have a chance to speak up about what penalties should apply. The current plan puts cheaters in jail for at least nine years per leaked paper. This harsh sentence tries to scare anyone thinking about stealing test questions. The minister believes long jail terms will make people think twice. Schools that help students cheat face serious trouble. Any center caught helping with exam leaks will lose its testing rights. The minister noticed this happens more at places not properly signed up as test centers. The new rules target both official schools and unofficial testing spots. Another big problem involves fake test-takers who write exams for other students. Under the new system, these impersonators will go to jail. Before these changes, exam cheaters only risked about one year in prison. Most courts gave them community service instead of actual jail time. The government feels these light punishments failed to stop the problem. Now, they plan much stricter consequences for anyone involved in exam fraud. The goal focuses on keeping tests fair for honest students who study hard. These new rules show how seriously Zimbabwe takes education quality. [/QUOTE]

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