Paper 1 · Education and Religion
Traditional stories told by grandmothers at night in Indigenous Religion, which end with a moral lesson for the children, are called ............ in Shona.
Model answer
ngano
Also accepted: inganekwane, rungano
Explanation: Ngano are told at the fireside after the evening meal, often with a song the children join in, and each ends with a lesson about greed, obedience, cunning, kindness or respect. They are one of the main teaching tools of informal education because a story is remembered when an instruction is forgotten.
Derived from ZIMSEC Family and Religious Studies 4047/1, Specimen Paper (filename says "MID YEAR EXAM 2022" but every page's footer reads "ZIMSEC SPECIMEN PAPER"; genuine ZIMSEC content, locally relabelled copy), Q2