Paper 1 · Education and Religion
An advantage of informal education over formal education is that
Ait continues throughout life and is not limited to a fixed school age.
Bit is delivered by trained teachers who are paid a monthly salary.
Cit awards a certificate that employers in the towns will recognise.
Dit is examined at fixed times so that a learner's progress is graded.
Explanation: Informal education begins in infancy and continues into old age, since a person keeps learning from elders, from work and from ceremonies for as long as he lives. The other three options are characteristics of formal education, not of informal education: certificates, examinations and salaried trained teachers all belong to the school system.
Derived from ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies 4047/1, Specimen Paper (2018 batch), Q2