Tendai Charumbira
The Board of Governors of Kyle College Secondary School has announced the appointment of Percy Kudzai Sachinda as the new head teacher at the school with effect from the third term on the 2022 school calendar.
The 52-year-old currently the vice principal of Midlands Christian College is set to become the school’s fourth head teacher since it opened in January 1998.
Graeme Nish, the Secretary of the College’s Board of Governors told this newspaper that Sachinda was appointed after an eight month process to secure a new head beating some 35 other people who had applied for the post.
“Mr Sachinda, who has been at Midlands Christian College since 2003 and has been vice principal at that institution since 2007 brings with him a wealth of experience. Describing himself as a strict disciplinarian, he is currently the Advanced Level Physics teacher at the college and has also acted as the head of its Science Department and its Director of Hostels. He has also been involved over the years in sports coaching and is confident that Kyle’s excellent achievements on the sports field would continue under his leadership,” said Nish.
Sachinda will take over the reins at the beginning of the third term of 2022 taking over from Fiona Valentine who was appointed in an acting capacity following the departure of former head teacher Corrie Odendaal in March last year.
Nish said the board felt that Sachinda would be an asset to Kyle College as he had made it clear in his interview that he completely identifies with the school’s mission statement to produce a well-rounded pupil who would have the ability to excel not only in academic pursuits but also on the sports field and in varied cultural activities offered at the school.
He said Sachinda would be ably supported by the College Board of Governors and also by Valentine and the current deputy head Josphat Mbanda.
