St. Ignatius College, Zimbabwe

St. Ignatius College
Location
Map
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Zimbabwe
Coordinates17°47′20″S 31°13′38″E / 17.78889°S 31.22722°E / -17.78889; 31.22722
Information
TypePrivate secondary boarding school
MottoLatin: Ignem Mittite In Terram
(Set The World on Fire)
Religious affiliation(s)Catholicism
DenominationJesuit
Patron saint(s)Ignatius Loyola
Established1962; 62 years ago (1962)
Sister schoolSt Dominic's Chishawasha
RectorLawrence Daka
HeadmasterHamilton Maganga
Gender
Age12 to 18
Enrolment455
Houses
  • Kagwa
  • Lwanga
  • Mkasa
RivalKutama College
Websitewww.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.

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)