14 Zimbabwean Secondary Schools Among Africa’s Top 100

Zimbabwe has 14 government and private secondary according to the African Economist‘s listing of the continent’s top 100 schools.

That bit of good news comes on the back of a recent report by the same publication listing Zimbabwe as top on literacy at 90.7%.

The highest placed school in Africa was SA’s Grey College while the highest placed Zimbabwean school was St George’s College in 5th place with Prince Edward right behind them placed 6th.

Other Zimbabwean schools to make the list were Gateway (20), St James High (25), Hamilton High (42), Arundel (48), Harare International School (54) Waddilove High (59), Christian Brothers’ College (63), Mount Pleasant High (65), Chisipite (67), Kutama College (69), Townsend High (98) and St Patrick’s (100).

Said the African Economist in summary of what it took into consideration in making the choices here:

Most of these schools are old, with tremendous wealth of history. The performance of such schools did take consistency into consideration to eliminate the quick rise and quick fall cases. In addition, great schools such as the African Leadership Academy have yet to prove themselves over years. Only time will tell whether they will remain at the highest level they are at.

The thing that we’d like to see schools in the back of beyond making these lists. That would be a good look.