Makumbi Visitation High School

Makumbi Visitation High School
Entrance to school in 2018
Information
Type Jesuit, Catholic mission
Denomination All faiths
Established Early 1960s
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment 846 (600 boarding)
Website MakVisHi

Makumbi Visitation High School, situated 64 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.[2]

History

For years the high school, which was simply called Makumbi High, catered to well-to-do boarders from the towns and from the Zimbabwean capital Harare. It is situated about 30km from the capital city, Harare in the Domboshawa area commonly known as Domboshava. A few day students came from the orphanage next door and from the surrounding villages, walking to school.[3]

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 Makumbi Visitation High School.[4] After 1998 more attention was given to the local children and inexpensive lunches were offered to them.[5] Since then the school has gone through major developments that included a Beit Hall built in 2001.

The school is currently called Makumbi Visitation and is a Jesuit-run high school, a part of their Makumbi Mission.[6][7] It enrolls around 846 students, 600 of whom are boarders while the others are day-students from the surrounding area. Technical subjects taught include woodwork, agriculture, and fashion and fabrics.[4] In 2013 Visitation hosted the Zimbabwe National Movement of Catholic Students national conference.[8]

Notable alumni include Dr Tinashe Chuchu Ph.D, a senior academic at the University of Pretoria previously from the University of Witwatersrand.[9][10][11] Father Rungano Muchineripi of the Archdiocese of Harare, a former student of Visitation High School was expelled from the Catholic Church in December 2017 due to alleged sexual scandals.[12]

Monochrome version of the IHS emblem of the Jesuits.
Visitation High School current and first known official seal

Environmental education

Visitation takes environmental education very seriously. In April 2014 the Makumbi Visitation High School Environmental Club hosted an environmental awareness campaign, with avoidance of spreading disease as the theme. Members spent a day cleaning up trash and alerting shopkeepers of the benefits of keeping the area clean.[13][14] In the area of woodlands ecology, Visitation took 3rd place in the high-school division.[15] The school has also been noted for its conservation of water,[16][17] and installed a direct thermosiphon system.[18][19] In a competition run by the Mashonaland East Province that encourages environmental education and action, Visitation Makumbi won in the non-affirmative category and came in second in the affirmative category.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Visitation High School". archedusec-harare.org.zw. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  2. ↑ "New beginnings in southern Africa | Jesuits in Britain". www.jesuit.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  3. ↑ "Domboshawa: Changing faces from farming to pottery". Daily News. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Makumbi Visitation High School". Vimeo. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  5. ↑ Zindoga, Tichaona (2015-05-14). "Zimbabwe: Goodbye Waison Mupedza, the Fine Artist!". The Herald (Harare). Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  6. ↑ "Makumbi Kinderdorf in Simbabwe". www.jesuitenmission.de. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  7. ↑ "Education Apostolate". Jesuits Zimbabwe - The Zimbabwe Province of the Society of Jesus. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  8. ↑ "ACTS Report on NMCS 2013 National Conference". ACTS. 2013-08-20. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  9. ↑ "A worried world awaits Trump presidency: 10 views". CNN. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "How Trump won the US election". News24. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Marketing Management Staff". 2018-07-16.
  12. ↑ "Catholic priest fired". The Herald. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "'Let's keep our environs clean' | The Herald". www.herald.co.zw. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  14. ↑ "Zimbabwe: 'Let's Keep Our Environs Clean' | Pachikoro". www.pachikoro.co.zw. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  15. ↑ "Mukuvisi Eco Schools Programme". www.mukuvisiwoodland.co.zw. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  16. ↑ "AEE-INTEC" (PDF). Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  17. ↑ "AEE-INTEC water conservation" (PDF). Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  18. ↑ CRSES.SUN. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  19. ↑ "Thermosystem" (PDF). Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  20. ↑ "Makumbi, Murehwa High win Mash East EMA debates". www.masvingomirror.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.

Coordinates: 17°31′17.76″S 31°15′13.78″E / 17.5216000°S 31.2538278°E / -17.5216000; 31.2538278

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