In one of the most challenging academic years to date, some Nelson Mandela Bay schools have managed to drop their bottom-of-the-class tags to record the biggest leap in their overall achievements.

Their matric results had been on the decline, but now, after implementing various strategies, and a lot of hard work, the pupils and teachers from Khwezi Lomso Primary School in Zwide and Chatty Senior Secondary School in Bethelsdorp have emerged victorious.