The Sunday News
Tinomuda Chakanyuka Sunday News Reporter—
ZRP Ross Camp Primary School and Christian Brothers College (CBC) have been named as the best performing schools in Bulawayo at Grade Seven and Advanced Level respectively, while Mpopoma High School and Girls College are joint best at Ordinary Level in the province. An analysis of the November 2015 Grade Seven, O and A-level examinations by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education showed that the four schools posted the best results in the province.
For primary schools, the ministry considered the percentages of candidates who obtained distinction at each school, while for O-level they considered the percentage of candidates with 7As and above at each school.
For A-level, the number of pupils with 15 points from three subjects was taken into account. The four schools were on Friday awarded with accolades at the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Better Schools Programme Annual Merit Awards ceremony held at the Large City Hall.
ZRP Ross Camp Primary School posted the highest percentage (33 percent) of candidates who obtained aggregate four units at Grade Seven examinations in 2015 as 22 out of 98 candidates at the school had four units. The school also posted the best results in Mathematics and General Paper. A total of 66 out of 98 candidates at the school obtained distinctions in Mathematics while 38 out of 98 had distinctions in General Paper.
Centenary Primary School posted the best results in English Language with 16 out of 21 candidates attaining distinctions, while Induna had the best results in iSiNdebele with six out of 17 pupils passing with distinctions. A total of 316 pupils attained distinctions at Grade 7 in the entire province.
Mthombothemba Primary School had the most improved Grade 7 results in the province, recording a 74 percent pass rate in 2015 up from 32 percent the previous year. The province recorded an 87 percent pass rate in the November 2015 Zimsec Grade Seven results, improving from an 85 percent pass rate recorded the previous year.
At O-level, Girls College had the highest number of candidates with 7As and above (23) in the selective category, while Mpopoma which is in the non-selective category of schools, had 14 candidates with 7As and above to top the category.
