Online Reporter
Michelle Musandinyoze, [email protected]
MINDA High School in Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province, has celebrated its Annual Speech and Prize Giving day, recognising top achievers who displayed hard work in academics and extracurricular activities under the theme: “Heritage Based Learning — Empowering students, enriching communities”
The Roman Catholic-owned school is one of the centres of excellence in the province and across the country, having produced a high calibre of distinct learners in the past years.
Speaking at the recent event, Minda High School headmaster, Mr Norcan Nyamambi, said this year’s theme is informed by their never-ending desire to conquer the education space through exploring and embracing varying innovations in order to remain relevant in the wake of all revolutions.
“We are strongly convinced that the Heritage Based Curriculum has enormous potential to impact the fortunes of the country positively. We, therefore, wish to plant a small seed of belief in ourselves, our learners and our community,” he said.
“We are inspired by Mary Kay Ash’s assertion that ‘A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no on’.”
Mr Nyamambi said the school’s enrolment has increased from 446 in Term 3 of 2024 to 495 in Term 3 of 2025, with 59 boys and 436 girls.
“We are happy as we continue to attract clients from far and wide and our promise remains ‘At Minda, we do things we don’t try out’,” he asserted.
Mr Nyamambi also shared some notable milestones that the school has reached in their educational journey where they experienced an increase in the pass rate in both Advanced Level and Ordinary Level.
The school scored 95 percent pass in A -level and 94 percent in O-level.
Mr Nyamambi said the success of the institution is hinged on the competitive staff members, who comprise 33 teaching staff and 21 supporting staff complement, who exploit the programmes available in the market to capacitate themselves for better mentorship.
He, however, said the school was saddled with the challenge of inconsistent or late payment of fees and encouraged parents and guardians to innovate strategies that will enable them to successfully clear the arrears and pay timeously to enable the school to procure essential boarding, teaching and learning resources for smooth operations.
“In sport, art and culture, the highlight of our performance is the Under 20 Girls Triple Jump Gold Medal bagged by Sithokozile Ncube. Babongile Nsukwini, Shantel Ngwenya, Nenyasha Zhou, Blessmore Shambira and Raphaela Ndlovu bagged Gold Medals at Nassaf as part of the 2024 Passaf that won gold,” he said.
Guest of honour, who is also Matabeleland South Provincial Education Director (PED), Mrs Beatrice Manjere, also applauded the school and reiterated the adoption of the Heritage Based Education as a powerful tool that grounds education in wisdom, skills and community values whilst embracing modernity.
“This equips students with relevant competences, skills and knowledge, values and attitudes and disposition necessary for national development, putting an emphasis on Zimbabwe’s identity, integration of technology and practical skills development,” she said.
The institution used the event to also celebrate the Secretary’s Bell Merit Award for the year 2021, which they received on 13 February 2025. Inspired by the strides achieved so far, Minda High School remains committed to embracing technology and innovation as best practices.
The school has also pledged to continue holding regular consultation days, participate in exchange programmes/seminars and track learner performance by holding termly meetings to review individual progress and holding awards ceremonies at the end of each term.
