MARIST Brothers Nyanga won this year’s Old Mutual National High School Quiz for the third time in a row at the finals held in Harare at the weekend.
Harare’s Kuwadzana High 2, which was in its first finals since 2016, came secand and Kutama College came third.
The Marist Brothers hattrick capped a marathon season which started on May 17, with 436 schools participating.
Three schools from each province advanced to the finals.
“For a decade, Old Mutual has proudly supported the National High School Quiz, reaffirming our commitment to educational excellence and the empowerment of future leaders,” said Isiah Mashinya, Old Mutual Zimbabwe chief customer and operation officer at the finals.
“Each year, we hope this quiz reminds participants that knowledge is a powerful tool for bridging divides, inspiring change and fostering a brighter future.”
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The provincial education director for Harare, Joram Mupunza, who was representing Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu, said: “The thrust of the innovative curriculum is to build learners who are versatile and multi-dimensional in the things they can do after leaving school.
“We have come to understand that learning is not only about going to school, sitting in a classroom and writing and passing examinations.
“It is about much more than just that and partners like Old Mutual understand that. In today’s world, young people need to know how to generate new knowledge in order to meet the demands of the modern-day workforce.”
Ndlovu added: “This is a critical element that allows them to practise professionalism at and beyond international standards. Old Mutual is bringing diversity and excitement to the learning process.”
Richard Mudariki, the Book of African Records chief executive officer said the quiz competition was aligned to Zimbabwe’s Education 5.0 framework, Pan-Africanism, and the heritage-based curriculum, emphasising the synergy between the institution’s academic focus and national educational priorities.
Schools that made it to the finals include:
- Harare province: Zengeza High 1, St Mary’s Chitungwiza, Kuwadzana High 2
- Bulawayo province: Northlea, St Columbas, Luveve
- Midlands: Shungu, Anderson, Loreto
- Mashonaland West: Sandringham, Moleli, Kutama
- Masvingo: Pamushana, Zimuto, St Antony
- Manicaland: Marist Brothers Nyanga High, St Dominic’s, Hartzel
- Mashonaland East: Goromonzi, Daramombe, Rusunuguko
- Mashonaland Central: Mazowe Boys High, St Francis, Bradley
- Matabeleland South: St Mary’s High, Mtshabezi, Miinda
- Matabeleland North: Lulu High, Binga, Mosi oa Tunya.