St Mary's Secondary School, Zomba
Roman Catholic girls' secondary school in Zomba, Malawi
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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 | |
| Location | |
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Zomba Malawi 15.3980°S 35.3187°E | |
| Information | |
| Established | 1939 |
History
The 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
- Gertrude Mutharika, First Lady of Malawi.[6]