Acting Bulawayo Provincial Education Director, Mrs Olicah Kaira said the best primary schools in Bulawayo in 2017 are private schools with nine of them making it into the top 10 while three of them recorded 100 percent pass rates.
The schools that recorded 100 percent pass rates are Seventh Day Adventist schools, Fairview Primary, Maranatha Junior School as well as Amazon Primary School. Others that made it into the top 10 are Induna Primary 98,98 percent, Indlovu Iyanyathela 98,5 percent, Imbizo Garrison 98,5 , ZRP Ross Camp 97,6, Dominican Convent , 96 percent, Centenary 95 percent and Coghlan 94,9 percent.
- Fairview Primary
- Maranatha Junior School
- Amazon Primary School
- Induna Primary
- Indlovu Iyanyathela
- Imbizo Garrison
- ZRP Ross Camp
- Dominican Convent
- Centenary
- Coghlan
Mrs Kaira said 54 out of 124 schools attained at least 80 percent while none attained a zero percent pass rate. Bulawayo province recorded an overall 86,9 percent pass rate, almost double the national average of 44,73 percent.
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