30/01/2026
*PARENTS, STOP SENDING FORM FOUR SCHOOL LEAVERS BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL. THAT THINKING IS FLAWED*
Just because a Form Four leaver didn’t get at least a B+ or 5 O Levels
does NOT mean they should go back to high school and waste more productive time sitting on a bench while milking parents to the last cent.
That mindset is outdated.
Honestly, it is very misguided.
You don’t fix the future by marching backwards.
If someone got lower grades it doesn’t mean they failed life. If they do not get a place at university or college, that should not be the end of opportunities for them.
It simply means academics or university was not their natural path.
And that is okay.
What matters today is skill and practical ability, not academic grades.
Skills and Competences pay. Papers don’t—by default.
Did you ever ask your Plumber, Electrician or Builder to produce his/her Form 4 Certificate?
Last week I paid a Solar Installer US$1,500 to fix my solar system.
That same week he told me he is serving 5 clients.
That’s USD7,500 per week.
From just one skill.
No university.
No resits.
No uniforms.
No peer pressure
Yet some parents think the solution is: “Genius High school repeats.”
For what?
So we delay adulthood?
So we chase validation?
So the village can say “aka pasa”?
That thinking is broken.
Technical skills matter.
All the construction boom worldwide requires skilled technicians to do:
Electrical work.
Mechanics.
Welding.
Digital skills.
Sales Skills
Solar Installations and more
These people are working.
They are earning.
They are needed.
If a child didn’t qualify for college or university,
don’t punish them by forcing them into a system that already rejected them.
Redirect them.
Skill them.
Support them.
University is not the only path.
And it is not the smartest path for everyone.
The world pays for value, not grades.
Stop going backwards.
Start building skills.
Think about that and call SETA FOUNDATION COLLEGE for advice
3rd Floor Causeway Building Central Avenue btwn 3rd-4th St Harare
Tel 0242 793 267-8/ App 071506 9533/0715 433 237
