Established 1914 Age 12 to 18 | Grades Form 1 - Upper Six Founded 1914 Colors Blue, Gold | |
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Motto Esse Quam Videri(To be, rather than to seem / Be what You Are!) Principal Brother Jacob Mutingwende Notable alumni Similar Saint Ignatius College, Watershed College, Christian Brothers College, Lomagundi College, Kyle College | ||
Kutama College (officially St Francis Xavier College), is a Catholic, independent, boarding, high school located near Norton in the Zvimba area, 80 kilometres southwest of Harare. Kutama has a student population of about 900 pupils.
Contents
- Kutama college extra curricular activities and capacity building
- History
- Houses
- Notable alumni
- References
Kutama College was ranked 69th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility.
The school moto "Esse Quam Videri" is Latin meaning "to be, rather than to seem".
Kutama college extra curricular activities and capacity building
History
Founded prior to the Second World War by Jesuit Priests, 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 Kutama Mission, a Catholic mission originally run by Jesuits but now run by the Marist Brothers, a Catholic order devoted to educational work.
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: