04 Mar 2024

Okavango Junior School parents have been implored to collaborate with teachers to improve Junior Certificate Examinations (JCE) results.

This came to light at meeting of teachers and parents of form three pupils in Gumare on Friday.

The school head Mr Ekubile Mmusinyane said strategies were put in place to help improve JCE results.

Mr Mmusinyane said the current school performance was below the national target of 50 per cent.

The school head however, said learners’ behavior in general was pleasing following a boot camp held the previous year.

Okavango Junior School Deputy School head, Mr Noah Saubi said the school scored 27.2 per cent in the 2023 JCE results, which placed  it on position eight in the North West region.

He said the school registered a 0.5 per cent improvement from the 2022 score of 26.74 per cent.

He observed that Maitlamo Junior School of Maun was on position one in the district with 48.5 per cent in the 2023 results while Ngami, Sekgoma, Etsha and Gowa junior schools were the lowest performing schools.

Mr Saubi said Okavango Junior School’s 2023 JCE results were the most improved results in the past 10 years.

He however, said performance for the current form three pupils was low compared to the last JC leavers hence the need to collaborate more with parents.

Mr Saubi said the school had strategies in place such as a mentoring programme, which allowed a small group of pupils to be tutored by a teacher.

He said pupils whose performance was below D and showed improvement would be added to the mentorship groups.

Mr Saubi said the school was divided into four houses, which competed against each other to encourage competition amongst learners.

He said that teachers’ progression also depended on their performance which inspired teachers to produce quality results.

Mr Saubi appealed to parents to encourage pupils to make use of morning studies. He also encouraged parents to do regular class visits and check their children’s books. Ends