CONVEYER BELT MARKING: OPINIONS OF ZIMSEC MARKERS
IN CHIKOMBA DISTRICT

CONVEYER BELT MARKING: OPINIONS OF ZIMSEC MARKERS
IN CHIKOMBA DISTRICT

ROGERS NGARA

The purpose of the study was to establish markers perceptions of the newly introduced
system of marking. Participant responses were sought through using open ended
questionnaires. The study established that the CBM was considered advantageous in that
marking because it could be made more reliable, efficient and that it encouraged good
team spirit among makers. Nonetheless, some problems presented by CBM were opined
by participants. For instance fast markers were held back by the slow ones, mastering of
the whole marking scheme was not considered important yet in actual fact it was crucial
that each maker mastered it and the whole exercise was hurried. It was also expressed
that examiners were now getting lower remuneration compared to TMS. General
suggestions were made by participants on how CBM could be improved. The researchers
recommended that ample time be given to examiners for marking and that payment be
according to the actual number of responses an examiner would have marked.

HOPE Journal of Research (House of Pakistani Educationists)

2013