Academic Competition Results

We rejoice that every centre sent many fans

The teams were lined up randomly (by a toss of the die)

There were trophies and medals for the first three places

The Competition was a huge success! Everyone came very well prepared and each centre should be very proud of their performances. There were slightly over 100 people in attendance. Questions were asked in the areas of Geography, Computers, Science, Africa, Animals, Maths, Bible, Spelling, and Vocabulary. Out of 50 questions that were asked, only 8 were answered incorrectly! The most difficult area for the learners was Maths, where 4 out of 5 questions were answered incorrectly.

The final results were as follows:
1st place - Sun City with 30 points
2nd place - Manaleni with 26 points
3rd place - Vezebuhle with 24 points
4th place - Thembalethu with 13 points
5th place - Phumula with 7 points

Sun City OVC Centre - The winning team with their trophy and medals

As you can see, it was a very close race for the top three positions. In fact, Manaleni was in first place with 36 points until the very last question of the competition. They had a Maths question worth 10 points and they got the answer wrong, thereby losing 10 points and moving them from first to second place.

Many of the learners and staff commented on how good this was in encouraging learning at the centres and asked if this could be done again next year. Of course, I will be in the US next year, but Thelma would be very capable of organizing this event (I could assist her via email).

Please continue to pray that the learners will enjoy learning. School learning is not always valued as it should be. The teachers need encouragement to continue to make learning fun. (See previous postings for context).

I want to keep this brief so I won't go into any more detail, but if you have any questions, please ask!

Blessings,
Nancy