Moleli High School

Moleli High School, is a co-education high school located in Mashonaland West Province, Makwiro, Chegutu District, Msengezi area near the town of Norton in the Zvimba area, 80 kilometres southwest of the Zimbabwean capital Harare. It offers O' and A' levels in boarding facilities. It was established in 1962 by Ronald .E. Sellers the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe and named after the late Methodist Reverend Modumedi Moleli and is a Methodist missionary school. Moleli has a student population of about 620 pupils, and is considered one of Zimbabwe's top performing high schools.[1] It is a sister school to Sandringham High School which they share sibling rivalry.

The school moto "Tsvakai Chokwadi Kuyamura Vamwe" is Shona meaning "seek the truth to help others". It has been known for the Chivero Boat disaster. In addition to academic learning, students participate in sports (including soccer, volleyball, basketball, table tennis), chess and debating. In the seventies, it was one of the only three African schools which played softball together with St. Ignatius and Kutama College.

Like most high schools in Zimbabwe, which follow the traditional British school system, students at Moleli are divided into four houses each having its own color: Mamukwa (blue), Sellers (green), Rusike (red), and White (yellow).


References

  1. ↑ "Top O, A-Level schools named". The Herald. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

Coordinates: 17°53′13″S 30°21′14″E / 17.887°S 30.354°E / -17.887; 30.354

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