HARARE – The pass rate for the November 2023 Ordinary Level examinations went up by 4.35 percent to 29.41 percent, the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council said on Monday, but just 54,420 of the 185,021 candidates managed to pass at least five subjects. An analysis of the results presented by Professor Eddie Mwenje, the ZIMSEC board chairman, showed 8,631 fewer candidates – a 3.