Visitation-Makumbi High School

Visitation-Makumbi High School, situated 30 km from Harare, Zimbabwe, 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
Information
TypeJesuit, Catholic mission
DenominationAll faiths
EstablishedEarly 1960s
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.

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

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%.[2]

References
  1. "Visitation High School". archedusec-harare.org.zw. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  2. "'O'Level top 100 schools". dailynews. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

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