Zimsec 2024 O Level Results Are Out, Says Zimsec

Zimsec
January 17, 2025 admin
Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Releases Ordinary Level Results, You can start viewing your results at 14:30hrs(C.A.T)

The country’s, examination board, the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) yes said that it will release the 2024 Ordinary Level(O Level) examination results today.

The board chairperson Professor Paul Mapfumo announcing the results at 2:30 pm at Zimsec headquarters in Harare. Students can start accessing their results that time.

Celebrity Breeze gives the instructions of how you can access your results online:

Step1: Go to https://www.zimsec.co.zw/ to access the Zimsec Results Portal.

Step 2: Click on View Results.

Step 3: Click on your school’s region, and you will get the page below.

Step 4: Click on Register as a New User. You will get the following page:

You will get the following page.

The 2024 November Advanced Level examination results were released last week, which had a national pass rate of 94.58 percent, nearly identical to the 2023 performance.

According to Zimsec, a total of 33,585 candidates sat for the exams in 2024, slightly fewer than the 34,437 who wrote in 2023, showing a 2.47 percent decrease in candidature. Of these, 33,246 candidates wrote two or more subjects, with 31,443 achieving a Grade E or better, leading to a pass rate of 94.58 percent, which mirrors last year’s results.

Female candidates saw a remarkable improvement, recording a pass rate of 95.94 percent for those who sat for two or more subjects, a marked increase from the 92.32 percent pass rate in 2023, representing a significant 3.62 percent rise.

In comparison, male candidates posted a pass rate of 93.13 percent, which was slightly lower than the previous year’s rate of 93.95 percent.

Special needs candidates also made significant progress this year, with 38 out of 40 special needs candidates passing with a Grade E or better, resulting in a pass rate of 95 percent.

This marked a substantial improvement from 2023, when only 29 out of 34 candidates passed, yielding a pass rate of 84.62 percent.

The 2024 examination season saw a total of 29,041 school candidates, a slight decrease from 29,910 in 2023.

Private candidates, who numbered 4,544 in 2024, saw a slight increase in the number of candidates writing two or more subjects compared to the previous year.

Zimsec’s results reflect the continued strength of Zimbabwe’s education system, as well as the resilience and dedication of its students, teachers, and education stakeholders.

As noted by Zimsec, the results demonstrate the importance of better teaching and resources, as evident in the improved pass rates across various categories.

Step 5: Create your Zimsec Account

Make sure you have the following information at hand to create your account:

centre number,
candidate number,
and date of birth.
Make sure that on the “Session” section, you select “November”, and on the “Level” section; you should select “O-Level.

When entering your candidate name, follow this format: start with the surname, followed by the first name, and, if applicable, include the initial of your second name.

Note that entering the first name before the last name will result in an error message stating, “Candidate details not found.”

Create a unique username and password for your Zimsec account. Your username should have at least one Capital letter and one number. Please make sure to remember your username and password for future access.

After providing all the required information, click on the “Register” button to complete the process.

Step 6: Upon completing the registration and account creation process, you will be directed to the home page.

Here, you will need to enter the username and password you would have created in Step 5.

After entering your username and password, click on “Log In” to proceed.

Step 7: After you click on “Log In”, the Zimsec Results Portal will be opened; you will get a page that looks like the one below.

Step 8: View Your Results

Click on “Candidate Results” at the top to view your ZIMSEC Ordinary O Level results for 2024.