Kutama College | |
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Private Bag 909 Norton Mashonaland West About 80km by road from Harare Main post office | |
Coordinates | 17°48′24″S 30°23′10″E / 17.8067°S 30.3861°E |
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Type | Private Catholic boarding high school |
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Established | 1914 |
Principal | Francis Mukoyi |
Grades | Form 1 – Upper Six |
Age | 12 to 18 |
Enrollment | 450 -500 boys and girls. |
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Rival | St. Ignatius College, Zimbabwe |
Yearbook | Echo Chronicle |
Tuition | USD$2 500.00 |
Website | kutamacollege |
Kutama College (officially St Francis Xavier College) is a private Catholic independent boarding high school near Norton, Zimbabwe in the Zvimba area, 80 kilometres southwest of Harare. Grown out of a Mission station founded in 1914 and run by the Marist Brothers, Kutama has a student population of about 700 pupils.
Kutama College is one of the largest top schools in Zimbabwe. Kutama College was ranked 26th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2017, based on quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility.[1]
The school moto "Esse Quam Videri" is Latin meaning "to be, rather than to seem".
The research leading up to the publication of the 100 Best High Schools in Africa began with the launching of the website in December 2000.