Brighton Chiseva
The director of the new privately owned state of the art secondary constructed in Masvingo’s leafy suburb of Rhodene, Noah Marima has said the school is opening its doors at the beginning of the 2022 national school calendar.
Marima said the idea of establishing a school came as an answer to calls for expansion of quality educational facilities for both local and abroad thresholds, saying parents are struggling every term to secure places for their children.
“We established Junior High School to answer calls by many people whom I see struggling to secure places for their pupils every year. Parents are tossed around from school to school while trying to enroll their pupils for forms 1 and 5.
“I therefore saw the need to help in that regard even though I cannot absorb the whole pressure. I am sure a number of people will be served by the establishment of the school which we aim to make the best in the country and region,” said Marima
The school, which joins the prominent Junior Enterprises portfolio including a Driving school, Security services company and a microfinance institution, is located at 30588 Lundi Drive, Rhodene on a five hectare piece of land along the Harare-Masvingo road close to the bald and scenic Mangwandi Hill.
Marima said the school will be the best in the province and abroad owing to the caliber of teachers they have, who have been producing excellent results during their lengthy experiences in the education field.
“We are confident of the results we are going to produce because we have the best team any school can ever have. All our teachers are well experienced and have been among the best in their careers with many of them having won numerous awards.
“We are also confident that we will be the best because of the teacher pupil ratio, so we will produce the best results,” said Marima
He went on to say they had spacious classrooms, state of the art restrooms and reliable security from Junior Security Services
“Our classes are spacious to allow for social distancing as we have constructed them during the pandemic. We have good security system to protect our pupils and staff.
“We are also a non-selecting school, we will not enroll with the grade seven results as we want to give everyone a chance and we believe that given all resources, every pupil has a potential.
“All our pupils will get driving lessons from Junior Driving School and all who have reached the required age will leave the school with drivers licenses,” said Marima
He said he was aiming at making the school a hub of science and technology as well as sport, saying they are putting modern facilities in place.
“We have an advantage over other schools who are trying to move from the traditional ways of teaching to adopt information technology because we are starting there; we have interactive boards, projectors, computers, Wi-Fi and many other modern ICT systems.
In terms of sports, we will introduce elite games like cricket, tennis, bowling, among others and all traditional games like soccer, netball and volleyball,” said Marima
The school will have an interdenominational approach in terms of religion where they will invite pastors from different denominations to offer biblical services and spiritual counseling.
Marima said the school will offer places to a limited number of boarders during the first term but will accommodate more as the year progresses with infrastructural developments.
School ready for 2022 schools opening
….enrolment in progress
The newly established Junior High School is already enrolling forms 1, 2, 3 and 5 preparing to start classes early 2022.
School Head Shirley Makausi said they will be offering Cambridge syllabus and will accommodate pupils from within Zimbabwe and abroad.
“We are ready for the 2022 school calendar. Enrolment is currently in progress for day scholars and a limited number of boarders,” said Makausi
Makausi said the school has a mission to prepare students for the world by giving them a well-rounded education that connects them to their future.
“We aim to become a center for excellence so that all members of the school community value the importance of learning. It also aims to develop well-rounded individuals by equipping them with requisite skills and mindset critical for a life of fulfillment, purpose and success,” said Makausi.
She said as a school they were guided by a number of principles, core values and is anchored on a biblical verse from Isaiah 40 verse 31.
“Our guiding core values are excellence, integrity, respect, tolerance, determination and passion and the school is anchored on Isaiah 40v31 which says ‘They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not grow weary’,” said Makausi.
She went on to say they had a promise to pupils, parents and other stakeholders of providing relevant curriculum and opportunities for the community and parents to participate in the learning decision making partnership.
“We promise to give a relevant curriculum that connects students to the future with a welcoming, happy, safe, supportive and nurturing environment for our pupils. We have dedicated teachers who are focused on improving pupils’ outcomes through their commitment to ongoing professional developments, quality teachings coaching and mentoring,” said Makausi.
