Innocent Muraiwa
Bikita- Gwindingwi High School located in Masvingo’s Bikita West Constituency has defied being left behind in as far as academic matters are concerned with the class of 2022 posting impressive Advanced level results.
During the 2022 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council, the school broke its previous record in Advanced Level pass rate after six pupils notched fifteen points while the majority had nine points and above with only four pupils scoring four points and below.
From the statistics taken among all schools in Bikita district, Gwindingwi occupies position 13 which is the best achievement it has laid down in the academic field.
In an interview, Gwindingwi High Deputy Head Rumbidzai Mutongi expressed happiness over the achievement.
“The school has this time come out with flying colours which is the very achievement it never had since its establishment. We are very pleased because as a day school, we have shown our competence in posting good results.
“We managed to do away with the setbacks endured during the Covid-19 era when our pupils failed to excel due to the harsh learning conditions associated with the pandemic which were academically frustrating and restrictive. The situation was so bad as our school lost a number of brilliant pupils who eloped for marriage while some got influenced by environmental factors in which they were living which coerced them to drop out,” said Mutongi.
Gwindingwi High School Head Dereck Muzinda said the pass rate was propelled by an initiative idea of some after school studies.
“As the school head, I exhorted pupils to take their time, reading their books soon after the school’s dismissal time for daily lessons and normally I would urge them to use the time period from 15:45 to 1800 hours for studying.
“In trying to reinforce the knowledge of pupils in their related studying areas, I purchased a number of text books for every academic level that is from form one to Advanced level so that every pupil may go an extra mile in mastering concepts and skills and the move actually helped them for we could notice the emergency of the best performing pupils who could showcase their abilities to score higher marks in Mock examinations,” he said.
Gwindingwi High Senior teacher George Pasina commended the tremendous efforts which both the school educationists and learners exerted in bringing wonderful results.
“I applaud the well focused efforts which the school educationists and learners put in place to produce good results. Solidarity is a strong weapon that can be best used to harvest good results,” said Pasina.
One parent Eustina Chibharo also expressed her compliments to the school’s teaching skills. “Gwindingwi High teachers employ higher level teaching and learning techniques which makes life easier for pupils. My child Charles Bvaure got fifteen points and I could not believe that he would make it judging from his previous performances,” said Chibharo.
Bikita district is home to high flying Pamushana High where 103 pupils scored 15 points and above in the 2022 examinations.
