Kaseye Girls Bids Farewell to 92 Form Four Students
By Wyness Kibogoyo
Kaseye Girls Secondary School 2019 Malawi School Certificate of Education Examinations candidates have been urged to remain focused in their studies if they are to do well in the impending examinations.
Father Cyprian Ng’oma, who presided over the graduation ceremony at the school on behalf of Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka of the Diocese of Karonga, made this call on 15 June, 2019.
Father Ng’oma further urged students to remain humble but not to be satisfied with what they have achieved so far. He challenged them to aim high and dream about attaining university degrees.
“I have celebrated Mass and blessed your writing materials including sets of mathematical instruments. But you still need to be focused and keep on dreaming,” said Father Ng’oma.
“Bear with one another, forgiving one another, be humble and gentle, do not be harsh and have genuine concern for others if you want to be good citizens. Above all focus on your spiritual growth. Continue working hard and praying hard for your names to be written in heaven,” added Father Ng’oma.
Taking her turn, the Head teacher Sister Clementina Phiri expressed optimism that the girls will do well in their examinations.
‘’I and my fellow teachers have been with them throughout the Easter holiday and the competition they have in class was just good. This is an indication that the results will also be good,” she said.
92 girls are set to sit for this year’s national examinations, prepared by Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB), at the school.
During the ceremony which started with Eucharistic celebration, each student received a certificate of completion. Sixteen outstanding students were awarded certificates of appreciation/ recognition. These were outstanding in the following areas; French speaking, English speaking, multitalented, the most improved student, academic excellence and others.
Also present at the function were a motivational speaker Counsel Hazel O. Miseleni, the District Education Manager [DEM] for Chitipa and the Diocesan Education Coordinator Mr. Remmie Kamanga.
Kaseye Girls Reach out to the Elderly as Part of Lenten Observance
‘WE SHALL GO TO THEM’ continually reminds the fraternity of Kaseye Girls’ Secondary School of their spiritual and social responsibility of reaching out to the underprivileged members of the society in the peripherals of the school.
In the same spirit, Kaseye Girls’ Secondary School (St. Therese of the Child Jesus) on 23rd March, 2019 engaged in works of charity targeting the needy members of the community that surround the school. This is also in fulfillment of Lenten obligation of almsgiving.
As it was not practical for the whole school to take part in the acts of charity, a representative group of 79 comprising of 7 members of the teaching staff, 2 members of the support staff, and 70 students participated in the works of mercy. The students were divided further into seven groups of 10 and each group was accompanied by a member of staff.
Initially, 13 households were identified out of which 7 households were really needy to whom visits were made. The targeted members mostly comprised of the elderly with an age range of 80 to 90 years. 4 households were identified at Chipakama residential area and 3 households at Vumbo residential area.
From Chipakama residential area, the members visited were Mama Namwira, Mufwa Mzinza, Violet Nachilima and Dyna Nakayira. Visits were also made to Milliam Namwanja, Mercy Nafungwe and Agnes Nasichali of Vumbo residential area.
Our activities began with a word of prayer followed by a Biblical reflection. In all the groups, the charity work was in form of general cleaning of the surrounding (sweeping, slashing and clearing shrubs); drawing water; washing of dishes; presenting assorted items like bars of washing and bath soap, packets of sugar, money and 5 kg of flour). The items shared were solely contributed by the students apart from sugar and flour which were provided by the school.
After these chores, the students had a chance to chat with the elderly. The most fascinating thing was that the elderly shared their life experiences especially on how they took care of themselves to keep surviving to this day. With hope, our students learnt a lot on how best to take care of themselves in order to live longer and achieve their set goals.
All the activities were done according plan and it was a success. All the groups departed at 8:45 am and by 11:35 am all group members were back on campus. Members of all the visited households thanked the school for such a gesture and were extremely happy for being visited. In appreciation, they boiled fresh maize for our students. Many thanks to the administration of Kaseye Girls’ Secondary School for spearheading the whole charity work.
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