…As top student scores 16As, Heritage Studies teacher gets 112As
By Beverly Bizeki
Makumbe High School is basking in glory after posting impressive results in the just released ZIMSEC 2023 Ordinary Level results with its top student scoring 16As and one of their teachers recording 112As in the same examinations.
The school head Taurai Rusekeni said he was grateful to the support they get from parents and the collaboration between teachers and learners which resulted in a giant leap from 75 percent in the 2022 exams to 89.19 percent in 2023.
“I am grateful for the team’s hard work in achieving such impressive results. Learners were highly disciplined and parents also supported their children. Above all the team did well in responding to some of the administration changes that we made and this contributed to the great results achieved this year.
“The pass rate improved significantly from last year’s 75 percent to this year’s 90 percent. We are also happy that we have had a learner who scored 16As for the first in the history of the school,” Rusekeni.
One of the teachers who excelled with 112 As in the exams Dziwa said he was also impressed by the results and thanked the school programs for the exam classes for the excellent results achieved.
“Heritage Studies scored a record of 112As and 40 Bs. I was impressed by the results and I believe it was a result of several strategies we employed as a school. We used seminars, workshops, vacation holiday lessons, extra lessons, and above all teamwork. The school administration extended study time to the exam classes and this gave learners ample time to study and as a result, our pupils to exceled in the national examinations,” said Dziwa.
The best pupil Trust Mbaura said he was elated with the results and was looking forward to studying epidemiology (The study of distribution and determinant of health-related states among specified populations) in the future.
“I am delighted with the results I have got, I want to study epidemiology in the future. For A’ Level I am going to take four subjects which are Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, and Computer Sciences,” said Mbaura.
Trust said his journey had been strenuous and urged other learners to remain focused to avoid multi-tasking for success in their academics.
“My achievement has been a strenuous journey and I hope to continue to work harder than before. I faced challenges like getting around negative people, academic pressure, and social problems with people of my age and I am grateful I got over it.
“To fellow learners, I say focus is the power key to success. If you get a chance to be educated, take it seriously because some people are not getting such an opportunity in their lives. Everything has its own time so avoid multi-tasking. Success is not permanent and failure is not final,” said Trust.
185 learners registered five or more subjects and 165 of those passed the same translating to the 90 percent pass rate.
The best female student Rutendo Chidombwe had 10As and 1B.
90 pupils passed five subjects including English and Mathematics while 67 passed the same including Maths and Science. 155 learners passed five or more subjects including English.
