By Takudziridzwa Nyama
A 21 year old Automotive Engineering student, Nicson Munesu Madhumhe, was convicted of fraud for submitting a forged HEXCO Statement results and was sentenced to 210 hours of community service by the Kwekwe Magistrates’ Court.
According to the reports, Madhume forged HEXCO statement of results to Kwekwe Polytechnic in an attempt to register for “On Job Educational Training (OJET).”
Madhumhe failed three modules and, instead of rewriting the exams, he allegedly paid US$400 to Chancemore Sibanda, the Chief Security Officer at Kwekwe Polytechnic (who is now at large), to falsify his results.
In April 2024 Madhume received a forged HEXCO statement with distinctions in the failed subjects. When submitting his OJET application, examinations staff noticed inconsistencies in the font size of his results.
A check in the National Examinations Management Information System (NEMIS) exposed the fraud. Madhumhe was confronted, and he admitted obtaining the fake results from Sibanda.