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Zimbabwe 18% pass rate is 'progress'

Zimbabwe's education minister has deplored the fact that nearly 82% of students have failed their basic school leavers' exams, the Ordinary Level.

But David Coltart told the BBC this was an improvement on 2009, when only 14% passed and blamed a decade of "chaos".

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