Commercials
ZIMSEC O-Level Commerce
Syllabus topics
72 topics and subtopics in the 2015-2022 syllabus, examined from 1 Jan 2018.
- 6.4
Business organisations
- 6.4.1 Importance of business organisations; business sectors
- 6.4.2 Unincorporated business units
- 6.4.3 Incorporated business units
- 6.4.4 Multinational corporations
- 6.4.5 Public sector business units
- 6.4.6 Traders' associations and business membership organisations
- 6.4.7 Small to medium enterprises
- 6.4.8 Public sector reforms
- 6.6
Finance and banking
- 6.6.1 Personal finance
- 6.6.2 Money
- 6.6.3 Managing personal finances
- 6.6.4 Taxation
- 6.6.5 The banking system and commercial banks
- 6.6.6 Business finance
- 6.6.7 Other financial institutions
- 6.6.8 The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
- 6.6.9 Business calculations
- 6.6.10 Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
- 6.6.11 Trends in banking
- 6.6.12 International financial institutions
About this syllabus
ZIMSEC O-Level Commerce (Forms 1-4) studies the commercial world in a Zimbabwean context: production and the ownership of the means of production, home and foreign trade, consumer protection, types of business organisation, enterprise, finance and banking (money, personal finance, banks, business finance, the stock exchange and business calculations), insurance and assurance, business communication, transport, warehousing and marketing.
How you are assessed
Continuous assessment (theory tests, assignments and practical projects, Forms 1-4) carries 30%. The examination carries 70%: Paper 1 has 40 multiple-choice questions (1 hour 15 minutes, 40 marks, 20%) and Paper 2 (2 hours, 100 marks, 50%) has six compulsory structured questions worth 40 marks in Section A and three essays chosen from seven, worth 60 marks, in Section B.
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