Kutama College

Kutama College
Kutama College
	Kutama College
Address
	Private Bag 909 Norton; Mashonaland West; Zimbabwe
Coordinates	17°48′24″S 30°23′10″E / 17.8067°S 30.3861°ECoordinates: 17°48′24″S 30°23′10″E / 17.8067°S 30.3861°E
Information
Type	Catholic Boarding high school
Motto	Esse Quam Videri; (To be, rather than to seem / Be what You Are!)
Established	1914
Principal	Mr. Mukoyi
Grades	Form 1 – Upper Six
Age	12 to 18
Enrollment	750–800
Color(s)	Blue; Gold
Rival	St. Ignatius College, Zimbabwe
Yearbook	Echo Chronicle
Website	kutamacollege.ac.zw/f18/

Kutama College (officially St Francis Xavier College) is a Catholic independent boarding high school near Norton in the Zvimba area, 80 kilometres southwest of Harare. Grown out of a Mission station founded in 1914 and run by the Marist Brothers, Kutama has a student population of about 900 pupils.

Kutama College was ranked 26th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2017, based on quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility.^[1]

The school moto "Esse Quam Videri" is Latin meaning "to be, rather than to seem".

History[]

Founded prior to the Second World War by English Jesuit Priests at the request of Bishop Aston Chichester, Kutama was one of the first institutions to offer high school education to students of African descent in colonial Rhodesia. Its Jesuit origins are reflected in its official name, St Francis Xavier College. The school is part of , a Catholic mission originally run by Jesuits but now run by the Marist Brothers, a Catholic order devoted to educational work.

James A. Chinamasa, Kutama College Headmaster in the 1990s, with his wife.

The school's first headmaster was Father Jerome O'Hea, an Irish-born priest after whom the local mission hospital is named. Its most famous headmaster was James Anthony (affectionately known as "Jachi") Chinamasa, a Kutama College old boy and elder brother of Zimbabwean Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa. The present headmaster is Br Jacob Mutingwende who took over from Br Bernard Chirombe, who served as deputy headmaster under Stephen Muchenje who retired at the end of 2008.

Houses[]

Like most high schools in Zimbabwe, which follow the traditional British school system, students at Kutama are divided into four houses each having its own colour:

Champagnat (Blue), named after Saint Marcellin Champagnat, the founder of the Marist movement.
Chichester (Red)
Michael (Green)
Patrick (Yellow)

Notable alumni[]

Bernard Chidzero (1927-2002), economist, politician, and writer who was independent Zimbabwe's second finance minister.
James Chikerema (1925-2006), President of the Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe.
Elliot Manyika – Former Minister without portfolio
Douglas Mombeshora – Former Minister of Lands
Robert Mugabe – Former President of Zimbabwe

References[]

^ "top20highschools". Africa Almanac. Africa Almanac. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 January 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2016. The research leading up to the publication of the 100 Best High Schools in Africa began with the launching of the website in December 2000.

External links[]

[top20highschools-1] "top20highschools". Africa Almanac. Africa Almanac. 1 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 January 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2016. The research leading up to the publication of the 100 Best High Schools in Africa began with the launching of the website in December 2000.

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