Brighton Chiseva
MASVINGO – Barely two years after opening doors to its pioneer classes, Junior High School is already a household name in the province and abroad.
The school scooped a Diamond award for being an outstanding private school in Masvingo at the recently held Megafest Awards on March 31.
The Megafest Awards, which are done annually, are meant to recognize outstanding organizations and individuals in the societies in different categories.
School head Shirley Makausi said she was happy for the recognition which is a clear testimony that they were a force to reckon.
She said the award will push them to do more as good deeds are always rewarded saying the recognition was a result of spirited efforts by the school management, teachers and pupils to bring the best results in whatever they do as a school.
“As a school, we are very happy and excited. It is very nice to be recognized and appreciated. This award will definitely propel us to move forward with confidence and strive towards greater heights,” said Makausi.
Her sentiments were supported by the School Director Noah Marima of the Junior brand which owns Junior Driving School, Junior Security Services among others, who said the recognition was a milestone in the history of the school.
He said being a new entry into the industry; the recognition was well appreciated considering that they were competing with others who have been in the trade for years.
“We are here to make history, the award is a good achievement on our part. We opened recently and there are a number of other schools which were established well before us, so scooping an award ahead of others means we are a force to reckon, it gives us the push we need to strive for more and we are not stopping there since the sky is the limit,” said Marima.
Junior High School opened doors in 2022 for its first classes with its Primary School opening in January 2023.
The school is located in the verdant suburb of Rhodene, along Harare – Masvingo Highway close to the scenic and bald mountain range of Mangwandi.
The school offers Cambridge curriculum among other unique aspects with a special niche in sciences and has a team of experienced teachers.
It has a good teacher pupil ratio allowing teachers to deal with every leaner and has beautiful double storey classroom block and well-furnished classes as well as neat sporting facilities.
The school offers both boarding and day school facilities and has top of the range school bus and other vehicles and boast of its meals that are prepared with utmost perfection by experienced chefs and dieticians.