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The expanding narrative of ‘the future is female’ appears to have an impact on the academic world as female students continue to break records in their fields of study.
In the story of Jacqueline Songa, a hardworking, disciplined, and goal-oriented lady who has graduated from three different institutions as the top Environmental Health student, it is proved that impossible is merely a word that translates as “I’m possible.”
Jacqueline, the first of three children, grew up partly in a village in the Kaputa district of Northern Province. Although she never went to preschool, her upbringing was remarkable. She passed number two in grades three and four, but it didn’t set well with her, so she grieved.
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According to her, her education background was not so strong; she did not attend preschool but went directly into grade one, since she used to get compliments about her brilliance and wanted to keep it that way.
At grade 12, her results went missing; she was delayed in enrolling in college and had to attend night classes to earn her first graduation, but despite these setbacks and weaknesses, Jacqueline has distinguished herself as extraordinary. She lived a life of noble character that is worthy of emulation.
Prior to college, she spent her junior and senior years at Laura Girls Secondary School, a small mission school for Salesian sisters (Catholics) in Kasama, Northern Province. At Laura Girls, it was all about hard work; if a pupil didn’t do well, they had to redo a grade or find another school.
Being a well-behaved and diligent pupil, Jacqueline found it easy to get by; her main problem was adjusting to the town females. She did well in grade nine despite being in an unfamiliar setting with schoolgirls who came from affluent backgrounds and spoke strong English.
In addition, she has a sibling who is dumb and deaf. She said that her brother is quite brilliant as well, and she is proud of him. He can’t hear or speak, yet he will graduate from Kwame Nkrumah University this month with a merit.
Fast forward to Evelyn Hone College, where, due to her late enrollment, she was placed in another class known as an extension class or part time, where classes began at 16 hours. This hurt her, but she knew it was better than starting the following year.
“So basically we were two classes and we were so many I have just forgotten the number, but we were subjected to the same exam and at the same time.” She said. “My academic performance was outstanding that I emerged the best student from the 2 classes.”
In December of 2016, she enrolled at Rusangu University under distance learning programme to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health. She got two awards for being the best student in environmental health and natural sciences, defeating both full-time and part-time students.
Her winning streak of distinctions extended to Lusaka University, where she completed her master’s degree and was recognized as the best graduating student making it three times in a row of her environmental health course. The phase of Jacqueline’s master’s degree path is astounding that has surprised many.
She made the decision to leave her workplace and joined for an NGO. Her sponsor advised her that if they get school fees from them, she should receive a merit and more.
The condition was that she reimburse them money if she obtained anything less than merit. She became pregnant during her final semester of studies, thus she admitted that it was not easy for her and she did not see it coming because others were better than her.
By Walusungu Silweya
NKANI November 4, 2023
