Visitation-Makumbi High School

Visitation-Makumbi High School is a private Catholic secondary day and boarding school located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Harare, Zimbabwe. The school was founded by the Dominican Order of Sisters in the early 1960s and is currently a diocesan school[1] administered by the Society of Jesus as a part of Makumbi Mission.

Visitation-Makumbi High School
Entrance to school in 2018
Location
Zimbabwe
Coordinates17°31′18″S 31°15′14″E
Information
TypePrivate secondary day and boarding school
Religious affiliation(s)Catholicism
DenominationJesuits
Establishedc. 1960 (1960)
FounderDominican Order of Sisters
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment846 (600 boarding)

History

Founded in the early 1960s by Dominican sisters, the school began as a secondary school for girls. In 1973 a technical school was introduced at the Makumbi Mission to teach boys building and carpentry skills. In 1980, at independence, these two schools merged to form Makumbi Secondary School for boys and girls. Then in 1988, GCE Advanced Level was introduced to form the current Visitation-Makumbi High School.[2]

The school is called Visitation-Makumbi High School and is a Jesuit-run high school, a part of their Makumbi Mission. It enrolls approximately 846 students, 600 of whom are boarders while the others are day-students from the surrounding area.[2]

Academic performance

In 2014, Visition-Makumbi High School was ranked number 85 out of Zimbabwe's top 100 GCE Ordinary Level schools with a pass average of 58.76%.[3] As of 2019, the same ranking applied.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Visitation High School". archedusec-harare.org.zw. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  2. Loomis, Mark (n.d.). "Roman Catholic Church: Makumbi Mission". The Rhodesian Study Circle. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. "'O'Level top 100 schools". dailynews. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. "List of top 100 O-Level schools in Zimbabwe". Daily News. Zimbabwe. 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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