Excellence in education awarded

LEPHALALE - Lephalale Municipality hosted an awards ceremony at the Seleka Community Hall last Friday. Schools, educators and learners who excelled in education during 2014 were honoured for their dedication.
As part of his key note address, Lephalale mayor Jack Maeko reminded the community that improving matric results is a collective effort. He thanked Exxaro for the part it plays in the winter school programme, which is aimed at assisting learners in preparing for their exams. He encouraged learners, especially those 10 who received Mayoral Bursaries to study hard and to make a success of their tertiary education.
At the event it was announced that two schools in the Palala cluster, Thabang  and Seoketseng  High Schools, managed to obtain a 100% pass rate. This is the third successive year that Seoketseng obtained a 100% pass rate.
The best three performing schools in the Palala Cluster were:
In the first place Thabang High School - with a 100% pass, highest percentage Bachelors at 66.67%, and with 3.17% distinctions. What makes Thabang’s achievement more remarkable is that it achieved its performance in spite of vacant teachers’ posts due to its remoteness. The school reached this achievement without a Maths educator for about three months, yet six of the nine Grade 12’s achieved Bachelor passes.
Second was Ellisras High School with highest pass (89.13%) for the highest enrolment of learners (142) and with 11,27% (112) the highest number of distinctions. Third wasTielelo High school with a pass rate of 84.38%. This was the school’s first Grade 12 group.
The best improvement in Matric results was obtained by Mathulasera  High School.