Beatific Gumbwanda
Schools in Chiredzi District have produced remarkable grade seven results with Chiredzi Town Council run Tshovani Primary School lighting a shining candle with close to 100 pupils scoring 10 units and below.
The school which has a huge enrolment due to shortages of Primary Schools in Chiredzi Urban has one teacher, Nyasha Chamisa who is on the School Development Committee (SDC) payroll, whose class has 12 leaners with six units.
304 pupils sat for the examination, 93 them scored 10 units and below. Of the 93, 27 pupils scored six units, 18 pupils scored seven units.
17 leaners scored 8 units while14 pupils scored 9 units and 17 with 10 units and the school recorded an overall pass rate of 92.43%.
Chiredzi Government Primary School though has 99.35% pass rate with 18 pupils who scored 6 units.
17 pupils scored 7 units, 16 with 8 units, 9 scoring 9 units and 11 scoring 10 units adding up to 71 pupils who have scored 10 units or better.
Hippo Valley Primary School recorded a 100% pass rate with two highest performers scoring 7 units, three pupils with 8 units.
One pupil scored 9 units and three others scoring 10 units adding up to nine pupils with 10 units or better.
Shingai Primary School recorded 85.03 percent with four pupils scoring six units, 8 pupils with 7 units, 11 pupils with 8 units, 13 pupils with 9 units and 7 pupils with 10 units adding up to 43 pupils with 10 units or better.
Lowveld Adventist Primary School (LAPS) scored slightly above Shingai Primary, with 89% pass rate.
Three pupils scored six units, six pupils with seven units and eight pupils with eight units.
Nine pupils scored nine units then 12 pupils had 10 units adding up to 38 pupils with 10 units and below.
Kyle Primary School in Triangle did better with 34 pupils who registered 10 units and below. Of the 34, four pupils have six units and 13 leaners had seven units.
Four pupils scored eight units, six got nine units and seven leaners scored 10 units.
Ratidzo Primary School at the Zimbabwe Sugar Association Experiment Station (ZSAES) has only one leaner with seven units and the rest registered units above ten.
