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Matabeleland South 2014 Grade 7 Schools ranking - list
02 Feb 2015 at 13:15hrs | Views
FIFTEEN primary schools in Matabeleland South province recorded zero percent pass rate in the 2014 Grade Seven public examinations up from 13 the previous year.
According to a Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) report, private schools dominate the performance ladder compared to most public schools.
The province's schools of shame carrying the zero percent yoke are Mpofini, St Theresa, Emhlonhlweni, Dwala, Gcabayi, Zhomphembe, Seula, Towla, Bgemura, Phelela, Zvukwe, Newune, Malabe, Makombe and Mashumba Primary Schools, which had an average of 20 candidates.
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's provincial analysis report also indicates that more than 100 schools out of a total of about 180 primary schools performed dismally with most schools settling far below the national pass rate of 38, 13 percent.
Several of them scored between one and five percent.
At the top of the provincial ladder is Oakleigh House Trust School, which recorded a 100 percent pass rate and booked itself the number one seat nationally.
The Catholic run Sacred Heart Primary is number two in the province with 98 percent pass rate and ranked number 45 nationally.
Third is Rhodes Estate Primary School, which was number 65 nationally.
St Christopher's, Portland and the Seventh-Day Adventist-run Solusi Primary also made it to the top ten recording 97, 96 and 95 percent respectively.
On position seven was the Catholic Minda Primary followed by Usher Primary which recorded an 89 percent pass rate.
Matopos Research Primary and Jessi Mine Primary also made it to the top 10.
Matabeleland South provincial education director Thumisang Thabela, however, regarded the 2014 results as a"great improvement" despite the series of zero percent marks.
According to a Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) report, private schools dominate the performance ladder compared to most public schools.
The province's schools of shame carrying the zero percent yoke are Mpofini, St Theresa, Emhlonhlweni, Dwala, Gcabayi, Zhomphembe, Seula, Towla, Bgemura, Phelela, Zvukwe, Newune, Malabe, Makombe and Mashumba Primary Schools, which had an average of 20 candidates.
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's provincial analysis report also indicates that more than 100 schools out of a total of about 180 primary schools performed dismally with most schools settling far below the national pass rate of 38, 13 percent.
Several of them scored between one and five percent.
At the top of the provincial ladder is Oakleigh House Trust School, which recorded a 100 percent pass rate and booked itself the number one seat nationally.
The Catholic run Sacred Heart Primary is number two in the province with 98 percent pass rate and ranked number 45 nationally.
Third is Rhodes Estate Primary School, which was number 65 nationally.
St Christopher's, Portland and the Seventh-Day Adventist-run Solusi Primary also made it to the top ten recording 97, 96 and 95 percent respectively.
On position seven was the Catholic Minda Primary followed by Usher Primary which recorded an 89 percent pass rate.
Matopos Research Primary and Jessi Mine Primary also made it to the top 10.
Matabeleland South provincial education director Thumisang Thabela, however, regarded the 2014 results as a"great improvement" despite the series of zero percent marks.
Source - chronicle
