Manzini Schools on top

MBABANE – Schools located in the Manzini region have outshone all their colleagues in the 2009 Form three external examinations.

Overall, schools in the region amassed an 85.42 per cent pass rate after managing to produce 165 merits, 399 first classes, 2 355 second classes, 408 third classes and 765 failures.

Noteworthy is that the region had the largest number of pupils, 3895 learners, sitting for the exam.  
The dominance of Manzini schools is further reflected in the number of pupils in the top 10 as the region had 20 pupils placed in this category.
The 20 pupils are tied with other pupils from different schools who also amassed the same percentage pass rate.  

Further, the region managed to have three pupils making up the top two, which had four pupils tied in this position.
The country’s top pupil, Mayibongwe Mkhuleko Shongwe who amassed 99.99 per cent is from Manzini Nazarene High School.

Sibusiso Vusi Gwebu also from Manzini Nazarene, Phindokuhle Lorraine Springle from St Theresa’s high school completed the Manzini region’s top two dominance, with 99 per cent each.
Registrar of the Swaziland Examinations Council said each pupil’s aggregate had been calculated using the best six subjects including English, Mathematics and SiSwati. 

 
Other schools from the Manzini region that produced top 10 pupils include St. Michael’s High, Matsapha high, Ngwane Park high, Mjingo high and Dvokolwako high.
Females in the Manzini region outdid their male counterparts by recording an 87.53 per cent pass rate against 83.26 by the boys.

The number of Manzini female pupils is also higher than any other pass rate in all regions irrespective of gender.
In second position is the Hhohho region which managed to record an overall 84.93 per cent pass rate after recording 210 merits, 431 first classes, 2 210 second classes, 417 third classes and 580 failures.

Hhohho had the second largest number of pupils, 3 848, partaking in the exam.
The region’s female pupils, like in the Manzini region outshone the boys with a pass rate of 87.25 per cent against 82.77 per cent.
The Hhohho region was able to match their Manzini counterparts pound for pound in the top 10 pupils by also having 20 learners in this class.
Schools like Ka-Boyce high, St. Francis high, Mhlatane high and Lobamba National high were able to produce the top 10 pupils.

Lubombo region came third on an overall pass percentage rate of 80.33 per cent, with only three schools - Siteki Nazarene, Lomahasha high and Esigcaweni high managing to produce top 10 pupils.
Lubombo had the least number of pupils, 2 466, sitting for the examination.

The region recorded 96 merits, 236 first classes, 1 371 second classes, 279 third classes and 485 failures.
The top pupil in this region was Mathunjwa Sakhile Mlandvo from Siteki Nazarene whose 96 per cent aggregate placed him joint fifth with eight others.

Placed last is the Shiselweni region which managed an overall pass rate of 76.88 per cent after producing only 79 merits, 236 first classes, 1 807 second classes, 422 third classes and 765 failures.

…Ka-Boyce does it again with 49 merits

MBABANE – For the second year running, Ka-Boyce High school topped the kingdom’s form three examination results after producing 49 merits.

On top of the merits, the school also recorded 23 first classes, six second classes with neither third classes nor any failures.
In the 2008 results, the school managed to obtain 60 merits, 21 first classes, 23 second classes and, even then, there were no third classes and failures. A total of 104 pupils had sat for the examination.

In 2009, of the 78 pupils who took part in the exam, nine of them managed to make their way into the top 10.
Ka-Boyce High School Principal Simon Mthunzi says the only secret of good results is hard working from the beginning of the year.

…2008 worst school produces top 10 pupil

MBABANE – The worst school in the 2008 Form three results, Sigcaweni secondary, pulled a major surprise by having a pupil in the country’s top 10 performers.

Sihlongonyane Thuli managed to obtain a merit after amassing an overall score of 94 per cent that saw her tie with 10 others in seventh position.
School principal and political activist Sphasha Dlamini attributes Thuli’s success to high competition that now exists within the school.

“She’s a very strong pupil whose performance has been rising ever since we introduced competitiveness amongst the children.
“Initially the child was second to one boy but she started to outdo him during tests due to the competition.
“We knew she would pass because she was always committed to her work,” Dlamini said.

The principal said her school did nothing differently in 2009 compared to 2008 but disclosed that they had adopted a long term plan that would see the institution’s results greatly improve.

Out of 58 pupils who sat for the 2009 examination, two obtained merits, three got second classes, 24 got second classes, nine got third classes and 15 failed. This statistic reflects a 71.70 percentage pass rate and a failure rate of 28.30 per cent.

In the 2008 examination, the school was the worst performer after recording a failure rate of 75.4 per cent and this performance sent the principal crying foul as she alleged that she was being sabotaged for her political beliefs.
She told the Times then that she did not expect such results because she had addressed problems affecting the school, like pupils rioting and teacher shortages.

She told this newspaper yesterday that the school still experienced acute teacher shortages and fingered Religious Studies, English Language, SiSwati and Commercial subjects as the most affected.

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