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Learning institutions must aim at churning out full products with the capacity to compete anywhere in the world, Wise Owl High School Headmaster, Manhimanzi said theirs is a results-driven system whose aim is to come up with a whole-rounded product.
“Our aim is to eventually have a whole rounded product that will fit into the global world. As Wise Owl, we run with seven values namely: passion, excellence, collaboration, respect, determination, creativity and responsibility.
“Our system hinges on three main pillars, academics, sports and culture,” said the Wise Owl head.
Manhimanzi also said while parents wanted their children to attain excellent academic grades, there is need to remember that some have made it in life through sport, adding: “A well-cultured learner is acceptable in any community.”
Wise Owl High School, Manhimanzi said, was now associated with other well-to-do schools such as Peterhouse, St Georges, St Johns and Hellenics among others because of its exploits in sport, culture as well as academics, despite the fact that it is not as well-resourced as they are.
The Head highlighted the success of the school’s cricket, rugby and basketball teams as well as its Romeo and Juliet theatre production, which they took to the Reps Theatre in Harare. The school’s theatre group also went on a European tour that took them to Belgium and France.
Speaking at the same event guest of honour, Simbarashe Mhuriro, who a corporate governance practitioner and leader said people must always remember to be human, despite their desire to succeed.
“In as much as you want to succeed, I will appeal to you, do not forget to be a human being. A human being to your parents, a human being to your teachers and a human being to your colleagues.
“Some of you will be leaders some of you are going to be followers while some of you will be change makers. The world is not in your books, the world is out there. Whether it is going to be academia that is going to take you abroad, whether it is singing, whether it is sport…,” he said.
Mhuriro, who is the founder and managing director of Oxygen Africa, a renewable energy development firm, shared a life experience he went through that taught him important lessons.
“All these things teach us very important lessons. It is not what someone tells you that is important but how much you believe in yourself,” said Mhuriro, who recently retired from Stanbic Bank as a director.
Also a non-executive director of Shift Impact Africa, Mhuriro also stressed that working together was imperative.
“If you are a leader one day, look at the environment, look at the society you operate in and look at ways you can carry it through because your success as a business, as a banker, as an accountant, is inextricably linked to what we call shared value, the health of the people around you. We must all work together, we must all be together.
Mhuriro warned students against the maze created by social media saying: “In the world of social media, Instagram and others, the people who celebrate you when you succeed are the very same people who will laugh at you when you fall.
“Strive to be a well-rounded person, life is about meaningful relationships. When you says your motto, ‘Talons together, talons forever’, do you really believe in it, do you live it?
“As much as you are the fastest person on the field, your success is inextricably linked to you as a citizen and success of the environment in which you operate in,” said Mhuriro, who in 2018 was named as one of the 30 most promising young entrepreneurs by Forbes Magazine.
Master of Ceremonies, who is also Wise Owl Deputy Headmaster, Guy Ngwarati told the gathering that he taught Mhuriro at the nearby Marondera High School, where the highflying business executive did his high school. This makes Mhuriro, a recipient of the prestigious Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellowship, Ngwarati said, a son of the farming town.
Several students walked away with prizes at the event, which was sponsored by CBZ, Simbisa Holdings, Diamond Pharmacy, Zebra Kiss Coaches, Tetrah Auto parts & accessories, Snow White Laundry and Dry Cleaners, Captivating Journeys, Proton, Macheke Lodges and Conference Centre, Toastmasters International, CleanCo Cleaning Services, MasterChef, The Vere Family, The Gwisai Family, The Fenyere Family and The Manyenga Family.
Wise Owl has an enrolment of over 600 learners - both boys and girls - and has 45 teachers.
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