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Legae Academy Top Achievers recognised

Legae Academy last week recognised and awarded top achievers of their school with trophies and praises at their annual price giving ceremony. The event was attended by parents, teachers, Director of Basic Education, Simon Michael Coles, Indian High Commissioner, Madhava Chandra, wife of the Nigerian High Commissioner, Mrs Cocodia MP Robert Masitara and BCP president, Dumelang Salishando among others. Entertainment was also galore with students performing popular songs on Marimba. There was also traditional and modern dance to break the awards and speeches.
The Director of the school, Dr O'Donnell handed out academic awards to form 5, AS and A2 high achievers while Chandra handed out trophies and certificates to form three and form four top students. Outstanding awards for ICT, Business Studies and Accounts where handed by NIIT college representative while form one, two, and three awards were awarded by Human Progress Management representative and Mrs Cocodia handed out to sports achievers. The guest of honour, Simon Coles handed awards for Special Achievement and Outstanding Achievement. In his report to the audience, The school principal Easo Oommen said for the past five consecutive years, the school had achieved 100% pass rate for form 5 exams. “In the last four years the school has achieved above 95% Credit pass. “Another significant achievement was the increase in the number of A* and A grades. Two years in a row our distinction percentage was above 50. It means that more than half of the grades awarded to our form five students were either A* or A,” he said Oommen further stated that the most outstanding achievement in recent years was the 'Top in the World Award' which was received by Legae students for two consecutive years. “Muhammed Bilal Mirza and Samuel Kigondu of Legae Academy won this prestigious award for gaining the highest marks in the world for Cambridge International AS level, Applied ICT in the November 2009 and 2010 Cambridge examinations respectively,” Oommen said before quoting CIE Director, Janet Morris who congratulated the school for the 'incredible achievement' against more than 150 countries. The guest speaker Simon Cole was not able to perform the task because of flu and his speech was read on his behalf by the school's Administrative Assistant Mr Hutton. He said Legae was not just a school, but a shining light in the education landscape not only in this country but also beyond. “Looking at the performance of the academy over the past few years clearly indicates that the academy is well focused and well organised to deliver on its mandate. “These results speak for themselves as do the gifted individual who have achieved position one in the world for Applied ICT at AS level two years running. This standard needs to be nurtured and indeed the products of the school need to find challenging and rewarding higher institutions of learning to continue to hone their talents so that they may reach their full potential,” he said. Consoling the students who had not got any awards, Cole said; “Not everyone is a winner but just because I didn't get a prize doesn't make me a loser either. What is important is to know yourself, learn your strengths and weaknesses, also your likes and dislikes so that as you go through life you make best choices for you future.”

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