The matric class of 2016 at Bedfordview High School has made parents and teachers proud.
According to principal, Mr Mpho Tshisudi, the class of 2016 was the first to write pure mathematics after it was reintroduced and made compulsory to all learners.
The school obtained a 71.6 percent pass rate.
In 2013, the pass rate was 47 percent.
“In 2014 we managed to obtain a pass rate of 83 percent. In 2015 we achieved an 82 percent pass rate. Today we are proud that we have 71.6 percent because all our learners wrote mathematics, a historically difficult subject,” said Mr Tshisudi.
He said he has high hopes that the school can only improve from here.
“We believe we will do better from where we are. Come the end of this year, we are aiming for 81 percent pass rate. From there we will start working towards the 100 percent pass rate we are looking for,” he said.
When the academic year started in January, Mr Tshisudi said the school vowed to produce youngsters who will actively contribute to the economy.
“We are not here to produce the working poor. We mean business and we refuse to produce children only good enough to work in retail stores,” said Mr Tshisudi.
He said the school has done away with maths literacy.
“We also have a number of learners with distinctions in mathematics which we are proud and happy about,” said Mr Tshisudi.
The school’s top performing learners are Sook Chrystal Mbu, Ruth Ramavhale and Millicent Manhire.
The girls obtained six, five and three distinctions respectively.
