Mthatha school improves despite classroom torchings, broken promises

SIKHO NTSHOBANE and LULAMILE FENI One Mthatha school showed an improvement in the face of extraordinary challenges in 2019. An already overcrowded Atwell Madala High had to contend with 10 classrooms being torched by protesting pupils, yet still they achieved a 78,5% pass rate – up 2.5% percentage points from 2018.