A Harare-based parent has approached Zimbabwe’s High Court to challenge a government directive limiting Ordinary Level (“O’ level”) candidates to nine subjects. According to reporting from both outlets, the case is brought by the parent in his own name and on behalf of his son, whose school is Mutare Boys High School. The dispute arises after the boy is reportedly ordered to drop three subjects he had already paid for, following the implementation of the nine-subject limit. The parent also lists ZIMSEC and the Education Minister as respondents in the application, arguing that the directive affects subject choices the family has already arranged and paid for. The reports state the application is filed in Harare on a Wednesday, with the parent seeking court intervention over the restriction. Both sources describe the matter as a legal challenge to the directive governing O’ level subject limits, focusing on the impact on a specific student who is asked to reduce the number of subjects despite prior payment to the school.