Speaking at the Bulawayo Metropolitan Better Schools Awards, acting provincial education director Olicah Kaira revealed that the province recorded a 32.1 percent pass rate to put it at position 6 out of 10. She also revealed that the authorities are worried as close to 30 percent of the pupils who sat for exams did not pass a single subject. Said Kaira:
The low pass rate at O-Level remains a cause for concern because out of 9 194 candidates who sat for examinations last year, 2 774 did not pass any subject.
Worth noting is the fact that Bulawayo Metropolitan has maintained its first position on national ranking in the Grade Seven results quantitatively. For 2016 the province recorded a 1,13 percent increase from 87,67 to 88,8 percent based on units at Grade Seven.
A 2,8 percent increase in A-Level pass rate from 85, 58 percent in 2015 to 88,38 percent in 2016 based on subjects has been achieved. At this level we are ranked number eight in comparison with sister provinces.
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