By Taurai Masekesa
Chiredzi East’s Mupinga High School head has decided to call it a day after serving the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education for 42 years and Mupinga High for 15 years.
The dedicated educator Jeshua Chituni, who received education from several schools, including Muzondidya, Gaba, and St Anthony High School, before going for teacher training at then Gwelo Teachers’ College, joined the service in January 1982.
Chituni taught at several schools such as Mashoko High and Hippo Valley High School as a mathematics teacher before assuming the post of a school head at Magudu Secondary School, in Masvingo District, in 1994 and later joined Mupinga High School in May 2009.
Giving his retirement speech at an event attended by people from all walks of life including education officials, politicians, business people, Save community members, traditional and religious leaders, Chituni thanked the community for the support he got during his tenure at Mupinga High.
“I want to thank the Save community for the time we worked together, the trust we built, and the support I got from parents. I hope the community will continue to support the interim administration and will do the same for the new head. Such support will enable the growth of the school and create a suitable environment for learners,” said Chituni.
Chituni was National Association of Secondary Heads (NASH) Chiredzi chairperson from 2011 to 2018 and Better Schools Programme in Zimbabwe (BSPZ) Vice chairperson from 2011 to 2024.
He was influential in the management committee which is credited for mobilizing funds for the BSPZ Resource Centre which started operating on October 30, 2024, after completion of the first phase of construction.
The current NASH chairperson Victor Zvada described Chituni as a dedicated and hardworking person who wanted things to be done in the correct way.
“I joined the ministry while Chituni was already in the field, I learnt a lot from him while he was the NASH chairperson. He is someone who wants work to be done properly,” said Zvada.
During the event district education officials showered praise to Chituni for leading the district to the historic achievement that saw the migration of education offices from National Social Security Authority (NSSA) complex to the new BSPZ Resource Centre
