By Lynnette Chataika

Mchinji, August 23, Mana: Mchinji District Council has awarded the best performing schools in the 2023/2024 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education Examination (PSLCE).

The District Commissioner (DC) Lucia Chidalengwa, called on school inspectors, Primary Education Advisors (PEAs) and teachers to continue working as a team in promoting education in the district to produce and maintain the best results beyond the current performance.

“You have made us proud by putting Mchinji on the spotlight with such amazing results. Let us work together to grow these results across the district,” Chidalengwa said.

The call was made at Mikundi Primary School where Mikundu, Kawere, Lameke and Mkanda Primary Schools received monetary prizes for being in the top 10 of public primary schools with percentage of As and Bs.

The Director of Education, Youth and Sports, Joyce Hamsini said she was overjoyed with the results amid all the challenges that the schools are currently undergoing.

“It is our job to empower learners to maintain such results, let us work together to maintain such results," said Hamsini.

Representing all the Head teachers in the four schools, Stanley Nyembe of Mikundi Primary School, called on the corporate world and organizations of goodwill to assist financially students that have been selected to secondary schools, but may not afford the fees and other necessary materials.

“Having 63 students selected to National schools, 33 students to conventional schools and 24 to CDSS’, we will surely need your assistance in continuing to educate these students because some of them are considered needy students,” he said.