My final year at Chief SW Nhlapho secondary school in Dundonald, in Mpumalanga.

My school is situated in a rural area called Dundonald, where there are big mountains, beautiful rivers, forest and wild. Dundonald is a very good place to live in, because life is not expensive there, people are making their own food by planting crops and doing farming. Chief SW Nhlapho secondary school is named after the chief of the place and it is situated next to a post office and a taxi rank. The school was established in 1994 when Nelson Madela became the first black president in South Africa and that’s the reason why some people call it Madela. What I like about my former school is that it is one of the best schools in Dundonald circuit and that it is using parallel medium instruction.

I matriculated in 2014 at Chief SW Nhlapho secondary school and  was doing the following subject; Afrikaans, English, Geography, life Orientation, life science, mathematics, physical science and siSwati. My favourite subject was Life science, because it is all about the functioning of each part of our body and about human evolution. My last year at school was the best year ever and all thanks to the good teachers who made it happen for me and my fellow mates who were so good to me.

Even though my school is located in a rural area, they had access to technology. The teachers were using projector during our lessons on giving us more information and in case of an emergency they were using their cell phones. At my school we had no library and computers, whenever we wanted to use a computer we had to go to Phumalanga Youth Development Centre. When we were writing our final year exams one of the best learners had won computers for the school from maths Olympiad competition. I’m so proud of being a product of Chief SW Nhlapho secondary school and I wish for it to continue moving forward with excellency.