St Mary's Secondary School is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls in Zomba, Malawi.
| St Mary's Secondary School | |
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 Zodiak top girl award in 2019 | |
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Zomba Malawi | |
| Coordinates | 15°23′53″S 35°19′07″E / 15.3980°S 35.3187°E |
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| Established | 1939 |
History
editThe school's first building was built in 1939 and it was for many years a primary school run by the Daughters of Wisdom. However in 1962 it re-opened as a secondary school and in 1971 additional buildings meant that it could become a boarding school.[1][citation needed]
Its capacity has been 340 pupils but the actual number of students can be 600.[2]
Of the eleven awardees with the highest marks in the country in 2018, four were students at St Mary's.[3] In the 2019 MCSE examination results, St Mary's secured a place in the top ten schools in Malawi.[4]
The school's library could accommodate 120 pupils but thanks to a bank's donation the library was expanded to take 200 pupils.[5]
The head of the school was Sister Mary Chimalizeni before she became the provincial superior of the Daughters of Wisdom.[2]
Alumni
edit- Gertrude Mutharika, First Lady of Malawi.[6]
References
edit- ↑ stmarysmalawi (2016-09-13). "A Brief History of St Mary's Secondary School". St. Mary's Secondary School Malawi Alumni. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- 1 2 "Home | Malawi Girls Education Fund". malawigirlseducationfund.com. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
- ↑ Chris Loka, Zodiak gets US envoy's praise for pioneering girls' education with awards, Nyasa Times, 3 February 2019. Accessed 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Thokozani Chapola, 2019 MSCE results out, Radio Maria, 2 September 2019.
- ↑ "Rewarding Academic Excellence – Donation to St Mary's Secondary School, Zomba". First Capital Bank Malawi. Archived from the original on 2025-05-22. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
- ↑ Evance Chisiano, First Lady hold fundraising for Beautify Malawi at Zomba State House, 29 July 2018. Accessed 10 January 2021.