St. Ignatius College, Zimbabwe

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St. Ignatius College
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St. Ignatius College, Zimbabwe
Chishawasha
,
Mashonaland East Province

Zimbabwe
Coordinates 17°47′20″S31°13′38″E / 17.78889°S 31.22722°E / -17.78889; 31.22722
Information
Type Private secondary boarding school
Motto Latin: Ignem Mittite In Terram
(Set The World on Fire)
Religious affiliation(s) Catholicism
Denomination Jesuit
Patron saint(s) Ignatius Loyola
Established1962;61 years ago (1962)
Sister school St Dominic's Chishawasha
RectorLawrence Daka
HeadmasterHamilton Maganga
Gender
Age12to 18
Enrolment455
Houses
  • Kagwa
  • Lwanga
  • Mkasa
Rival Kutama College
Website www.stignatiuscollege.ac.zw

St. Ignatius College is a private Catholic secondary boarding school, located at Chishawasha, near Harare, in the Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1962 as the brother institution for St. George's College, Harare.

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From 1962 to 1971 the school was an all-male school; until the nuns of Congregation Jesu helped bring female scholars only for Advanced Level. The College's sister school is nearby St Dominic's Chishawasha which meets frequently for social and co-curricula events. In its 59 years of inception it has garnered a name as the hub of profound education maintaining a hold within the top ten list of the national examinations. It linked to St Ignatius' College in England in its founding and has continuing links to St Augustine, Edinburgh, and Boston College, Massachusetts. The school's traditional rival is Kutama College.

It became a private institution in January 2020. (resm 2020)

History

St. Ignatius College was founded by the Jesuit Fathers after they had seen the need to educate marginalised black students. According to Sister Stephanie, IBVM, (a founding member of Mary Ward House) the black community faced a number of challenges due to the draconian policies of the colonial racist regime. The college was meant to cater for the educational needs of the marginalised black people.

The first building to be constructed was the administration block in 1961 which housed the Jesuits before the construction of the Community House later in 1967. The next buildings to be constructed were the ZJC Block and Junior House. In 1967 the St. Ignatius College Chapel was constructed. [1]

In 2013 St. Ignatius College placed sixth nationally in O-levels with a 95.95% pass rate. [2] There is a scramble to get into the 6th form at St. Ignatius, as many of the top students in the nation apply. [3] There are various exercises the boys participate in to exemplify the Jesuit goal of training men and women for others. [4] [5]

Notables

Sister Stephanie helped establish Mary Ward in 1967 and remained teaching at St. Ignatius for over 40 years. At the start, French and Latin were taught and clubs included drama, canoeing, and Boy Scouts. [1]

Long-standing teachers include Fr. Gregory Xavier Croft, S.J., who developed science education throughout Zimbabwe. He co-authored Science for Zimbabwe, one of the first science textbooks written after independence in 1980. He retired from Ignatius in 1991 but continued teaching physics at St. Alberts in Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe, and St. Boniface in Magunje. He died peacefully in Garnet House, Harare, in 2000.

Fr. Anthony Watsham, S.J., was a biology teacher and world authority in entomology. He spent much of his free time in the company of animals, dogs, birds, and a baboon named 'Bibiana'. A painter of great imagination, he decorated the Jesuit house at St. Ignatius with abstract art. One of his greatest academic achievements was the study and documentation of the parasitic wasps that live inside figs. [6] He was awarded an honorary life membership of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa [7] and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in London. [8]

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ "'O' Level top 100 schools". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "High pass rate at St Ignatius College". NewsDay Zimbabwe. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Religion in Zimbabwe. Accessed 5 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Men for Others". onlineministries.creighton.edu. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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  10. ↑ Gappah, Petina (2009), An elegy for Easterly : stories, Faber and Faber, ISBN   978-0-86547-906-7
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