Govt, Catholic schools score high in G7 exams

GOVERNMENT and Catholic-run primary schools in Manicaland have delivered another year of outstanding results in Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven results, achieving top grades that make thousands of their candidates eligible to enrol at best high schools in the country.

Thousands of candidates passed with flying colours in Mathematics, English Language, Indigenous Language, Agriculture, Science and Technology and ICT; Social Sciences and Physical Education and Arts, benchmarking them for advancement to high school.

Obtaining a high score at Grade Seven paves the way for easy admission in the best high schools, most of which have already set their cut-offs at eight units, as they stampede for the best brains.

Former Group A schools and mission schools in the province were led by Mutare Junior, which had 90 candidates with six units. The school had 438 candidates, and authorities were still compiling statistics for those with seven, eight and nine units at the time of going to print.

In 2022, Mutare Junior had 54-six pointers. Baring Primary School, which had 234 candidates that sat for Grade Seven exams this year, had 65-six pointers; 30 candidates with seven units; 27 with eight units; and 16 with nine units.

Only one candidate failed, giving the school a 99.12 percent pass-rate.

Roman Catholic-run Mt Mellerary Primary School which had 165 candidates this year, had 104 scoring grades between six and nine units.

The Nyanga-based mission school had 50 candidates with six units, 25 with seven units, 21 with eight units and eight with nine units.

The school had a 100 percent pass rate. Chancellor Junior School was among top performers, with 145 out of the 304

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