Times Of Swaziland: FORM III FAILURES REJECTED, TOLD TO RETURN TO FORM II

FORM III FAILURES REJECTED, TOLD TO RETURN TO FORM II
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BY KHULEKANI NENE on 15/01/2018 05:55:00


SITEKI – Form III failures in most Lubombo schools are caught between a rock
and a hard place after they were told to either find a new school or return to
Form II.
It is even worse in some schools, where Form III failures have been told that
they would not be enrolled unless they upgrade the failed subjects somewhere
else so they can qualify to apply for places in Form IV.
This has left both parents and pupils frustrated and despondent as schools are
scheduled to open for the 2018 academic year in a week’s time. When they were
reached for comment, some of the school administrators said it was their policy
not to allow Form III failures to repeat.
Others said they would have allowed the failures to repeat if it was not for
space constraints and the large number of pupils who passed Form II and have to
proceed to the next class.
Siteki Nazarene Head teacher Phindile Makhanya said it was the policy of the
school not to allow Form III failures to repeat.
The  school recorded  a  total  of  seven  failures in  the Junior  Certificate
(JC)  examination results, which were  released last week.
“We have not had a situation where they’ve shown interest to repeat.
Usually, they do not come back; they simply disappear,” said Makhanya.
Lubombo  Central  High  Head teacher Pilate Vilane said Form III failures  at
the school were usually sent back  to Form  II or find  another  school  to
repeat or upgrade the failed subject.
However, he said this year, he would meet  with  his deputy and the  heads of 
departments  to decide the fate of the seven  pupils who  failed  Form III .
“They have indicated that they would be remarking. So we will wait until the
17th (Wednesday), where they will receive the outcome of their remarking,”
said Vilane.
At Langa  High School, the  policy of the school  is that  Form  III  failures
should  return to Form III or  they  should  enrol  at  another school.
“We  recommend that  they  return to Form  II  so that  they can  start 
afresh and prepare for  the examination because in  Form III ,  there are only 
two terms before the exam,” said Head teacher  Celani Mahlalela. He added the
school administration was still to meet and decided about the 15 pupils who
failed Form III.
At Good Shepherd High School, the fate of the seven pupils who failed Form III
is still to be decided when the school administration meets later this week.