22 Students from Mapalo’s Elementary School – The Mapalo Morning Glow Academy, have all taken and passed Zambia’s requisite exam for elementary students to enter secondary school ranks. Zambia, formerly North Rhodesia before its independence in 1964, continues the British practice of requiring students to pass a rather difficult national exam to qualify for entrance to secondary and college levels. The average first-time passing rate for the secondary exam is around 35%, or 1 in 3. Mapalo’s success on the exam has placed it in the top 5% of Zambia’s elementary schools and is a chief reason why Mapalo students are being accepted to the top secondary schools in Ndola, a city of one million people. Moreover, Mapalo students are performing at top levels at the secondary ranks as well, and our first students are expected to enter college within the next year and a half. Way to go Mapalo!!
