… Records 100 percent pass rate
ZAKA – St Antony’s High School continues basking in educational glory following a sterling performance by its 2021 Advanced level pupils.
Apart from recording a clear hundred percent pass rate, the Catholic-run school boasts of 99 pupils who recorded 10 points and above compared to the previous year’s 94 pupils.
Despite disturbances caused by the Covid-19 induced closures which affected the learning time and forced schools to engage in online learning, three pupils managed to score 20 points.
The best performers’ namely Rafael Mupuwi, Tapiwa Mukundi and Tanaka Rakabopa scored 20 points each from sciences combination.
Four pupils recorded 19 points and another trio recorded 18 points.
Two pupils scored 17 points while 17 more recorded 15 points.
The 2021 class performed better than the 2020 which recorded 97.8 percent pass rate from 127 pupils who had sat for the exams.
The school head Joram Mawana said he is proud of the results saying it was a result of unity of purpose shown by the teachers and their pupils.
He said though there were lockdowns caused by Covid-19 pandemic, the school managed to utilize available resources and time to produce the best results.
“Though there was Covid-19 which contributed to the loss of learning time, our teachers and their pupils managed to have a unity of purpose which resulted in the results we have. Both teachers and pupils were dedicated to their work and we are happy as a school,” said Mawana.
The long anticipated results were released after delays emanating from the impasse between examination markers (teachers) and local examinations body Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) over marking allowances with the former calling for improved allowances in foreign currency while the latter offered local currency.
