Zaeem Fakir was one of the Jeppe High School for Boys top achievers in the 2023 Senior Certificate exams, scoring a full house of eight distinctions. He got over 80% for English, Afrikaans, Maths, Business Studies, Accounting, IT, LO and FS Maths.
He will be going to Wits this year to study Computational and Applied Mathematics. “I’ve chose that area because it is a wide field, with a number of options open,” he said.
When asked, he said that there is no secret to his success, other than to put your head down and work. “I actually decided as far back as when I was in Grade 5 that this is what I wanted and I’ve been working consistently since then.”
He describes his five years at Jeppe as the best of his life so far. “It stings to know that I won’t be back this year,” he said.
