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Dominican Convent Pry (Hre) produced the best 2011 Grade 7 results
28 Jan 2012 at 02:32hrs | Views
Dominican Convent Primary School in Harare last year produced the best Grade Seven results, achieving a 98,9% pass rate in a year the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture said candidates did generally well compared to 2010, NewsDay reported.
Tynwald Primary School came second with 97,7%, followed by Maranatha with 96,6%, Cornelius Hope Academy 96,42 and SOS Herman Gmeiner with 96%.
Provincial Education Director Calvin Mazula said Harare schools did better this year by about 2%, from 57,09% in 2010 to 59,48%.
"The majority of schools improved greatly last year in terms of their pass rate. We have schools doing better than 2010 by around 17 %," said Mazula.
He credited teachers for their dedication to duty and parents going the extra mile to ensure children are in class.
"We had a good pass rate in Harare because of the general fight by teachers who wanted to improve the results. This was also added by the higher contribution by the parents towards their children," he said.
"Last year we had a meeting to strategise on how we could improve children's results, a move that paid off as evidenced by the good results."
However, some are still struggling to produce good results, owing to a myriad of problems ranging from their locations, to failure to lure qualified staff.
Schools which recorded the lowest were Maulana (Satellite) with 4% pass rate, Hellenic 9,09%, Eye Court (Satellite) 12,8%, Danckwerts 12,94% and Chinamano with 16,6%.
Tynwald Primary School came second with 97,7%, followed by Maranatha with 96,6%, Cornelius Hope Academy 96,42 and SOS Herman Gmeiner with 96%.
Provincial Education Director Calvin Mazula said Harare schools did better this year by about 2%, from 57,09% in 2010 to 59,48%.
"The majority of schools improved greatly last year in terms of their pass rate. We have schools doing better than 2010 by around 17 %," said Mazula.
"We had a good pass rate in Harare because of the general fight by teachers who wanted to improve the results. This was also added by the higher contribution by the parents towards their children," he said.
"Last year we had a meeting to strategise on how we could improve children's results, a move that paid off as evidenced by the good results."
However, some are still struggling to produce good results, owing to a myriad of problems ranging from their locations, to failure to lure qualified staff.
Schools which recorded the lowest were Maulana (Satellite) with 4% pass rate, Hellenic 9,09%, Eye Court (Satellite) 12,8%, Danckwerts 12,94% and Chinamano with 16,6%.
Source - NewsDay
