Tendai Charumbira
Pamushana High School in Bikita District of Masvingo province continued to live to their billing as a force to reckon with in as far as academic brilliance is concerned with the school recording a 99.46 percentage pass rate in the 2021 Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) Advanced level examinations.
The traditional academic powerhouse saw 27 pupils scoring 18 points while 90 scored 15 points and above.
Dudu Takudzwa Beverley got 23 points, Gwekwe Nyasha 22 points while Shayamunda Tadiwanashe, Garwi Genius Tommy and Maheya Simbarashe Vincent , Mandeta Tadiwanashe , Mwenje Jeremiah Tadiwanashe, Ziki Craig, Moyo Marymore , Chinguno Wadzanai , Chapungu Melody and Mupasiri Tadiwanashe all got 20 points.
The school also recorded 43 pupils with 10 points and above in Commercial subjects, 35 pupils with 10 points and above in Arts and 79 pupils with eight points and above in the Sciences subjects.
The Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (RCZ) run school Pamushana had 14 pupils sitting for Literature in English exams; three boys and 11 girls and they obtained a 100 percent pass rate, 20 pupils also sat for Geography; 14 boys and 6 girls and they obtained a 100 percent and a total of 36 students sat for history; 15 boys and 21 girls who also scored 100 percent.
33 pupils also sat for Shona language; 14 boys and 19 girls and they obtained 100 percent pass rate. 37 pupils sat for Family and Religious Studies (FRS) (15 boys and 22 girls) and obtained a 100 percent pass rate.
A total number of 109 pupils sat for Pure Maths; 43 boys and 66 girls and obtained 97.7 percent pass rate. 42 pupils sat for Economics; 19 boys and 23 girls they obtained 94.2 percent pass rate. In Accounting a total of 33 pupils sat for the exam 13 male and 20 females getting 92.3 percent pass rate.
In Business Studies 45 pupils wrote the exams, 17 boys and 28 girls getting a total of 100 percent pass rate. 44 students also sat for Biology with 19 boys and 25 girls securing 100 percent pass rate, 43 pupils (25 boys and 18 girls) sat for Physics recording 85 percent pass rate.
In Chemistry 77 pupils sat for the exam 37 boys and 40 girls and they secured 83.8 percent pass rate. 12 pupils sat for Computer Science 9 boys and 3 girls and they obtained 100 percent pass rate while the other 20 pupils sat for Crop Science eight boys and 12 girls and they obtained 100 percent pass rate.
