Cornway College is a
private,
co-educational
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,
day and
boarding school in Mount Hampden,
Mashonaland West
Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million (2012). Chinhoyi is the capital of the province.
Districts
Mashonaland West is divided into 7 districts:
* Chegutu
...
, Zimbabwe, which is 16.5 kilometres from the
Harare
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Central Business District. Cornway College was established in 2006 at its present location. It has a
preparatory school (''Cornway Junior College'') and a
high school
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(''Cornway Senior College''). The language of instruction is English.
Cornway has a student body with children of various nationalities from the
Southern African region to as far afield as the
United Kingdom
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. Cornway College was ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.
History
Early history
Cornway College was founded by Lovemore Kurotwi and was opened on 23 January 2006. Its founding student body was from a study group called Whitehorse Academy which was founded by Mrs S.M. Wenzel, the academy had a pupil population of 120 at the time. The name "Cornway College" was suggested by Lovemore Kurotwi Junior when he was eleven years old. His reason for naming the college "Cornway College" was "The college will bloom like a cornflower."
The founding Headmaster of Cornway College is Edmore Mutekwe who left in 2008 and his preparatory counterpart was Mr Mpofu. Both Heads have left the school.
2010s
* 2010
Construction of the boarding facilities was completed and both colleges started enrolling pupils who wished to be boarders.
* 2011
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The Senior College became a registered
Cambridge International Examinations
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centre. This meant that the college could conduct the examinations for
Cambridge International Examinations
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for
Ordinary Level
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,
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
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,
Advanced Subsidiary Level
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and
Advanced Level
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internally. Before this, Cornway Senior College conducted examinations at an external registered Cambridge International Examinations centre.
* 2012
Cornway was the base of the Zimbabwe national Under-13 football team training camp, coached by
Peter Ndlovu, in preparations for the VW World Junior Masters held in
Poland
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.
Cornway Senior College hosted its inaugural 3-day sports festival (basketball for girls and soccer for boys) with 18 schools attending the event.
The boys' soccer team won in the soccer category of the tournament whilst the girls' basketball team were runners-up.
The Interact Club at Cornway Senior College hosted a Christmas dinner at the school hostels where the best pupils of 2012 were honoured.
* 2013
Buses to transport day pupils and staff from the school to their homes in Harare were acquired. They are also used as transport for pupils and to educational tours and sporting events.
Cornway Junior College held its inaugural Africa Day commemorations under the theme "My Culture, My Pride" showcasing African music, dance, cuisine and fashion. Fifty-four countries were represented at the event.
The Senior College became a registered Higher Education Examinations Council centre (HEXCO), allowing pupils to sit for the Computers examinations in particular at the college. The awarded certificate is a vocational qualification that supplements the IGCSE/O-Level and A-Level certificate. Cornway Senior College won M and H Under-17 soccer tournament at Kwekwe High School in which 12 schools participated.
The boys' volleyball team won the International School of South Africa (ISSA) Volleyball Festival in
Mahikeng
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Close to South Africa's border with Botswana, Mafikeng is northeast of Cape ...
,
South Africa
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for the second time whilst the girls' team were the runners-up in their category as the 32 teams from South Africa and Zimbabwe participated.
The boys' volleyball team were crowned in the boys' category of the NASH Under-20 volleyball champions at Herman Germaine High School in Bindura.
Cornway Senior College received a prize at the Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Week held at the Harare Exhibition Park for devising a mobile phone-controlled remote system.
* 2014
The Junior College received a new headmaster, after the departure of Mrs Zengeya. The Junior College began implementing the Cambridge Primary program developed by Cambridge International Examinations.
The Senior College Under-20 basketball team won second place in the St. George's College U20 Basketball Invitational Tournament that saw the participation of fifteen schools.
The Under-20 soccer team came third out of the nineteen schools that played in the Hammer and Tongues U20 Soccer Tournament.
The Cornway Senior College boys' volleyball team won the St George's College Under 20 Volleyball Tournament with the girls' volleyball team achieving second place in their category.
The boys' volleyball team at Cornway Senior College retained its title in the National Association of Secondary School Heads (NASH) U20 volleyball tournament held at Kwekwe High School in the
Midlands Province.
The Interact Club at the Senior College held a Charity Golf Tournament at Highland Country Club on the 8th of August. Proceeds from the event went to Simbaredenga Children's Home.
Cornway had seven boys selected into Zimbabwe Under-17 national basketball team after the players won the National Association of Secondary School Heads (NASH) Under-17 Basketball tournament in
Harare
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representing
Mashonaland West
Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million (2012). Chinhoyi is the capital of the province.
Districts
Mashonaland West is divided into 7 districts:
* Chegutu
...
.
The Senior College won the second edition of the National Association of Secondary School Heads (NASH) Under 20 Beach Volleyball Tournament in the boys' category with 24 boys' teams and 22 girls' teams participating in the tournament.
The Senior College was ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.
Twenty pupils of the Senior College and Harare City Council workers went on a clean-up campaign to raise awareness of hygiene, cleaning up Mabelreign Shopping Centre in
Harare
Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...
.
* 2015
Cornway Senior College boys' basketball team won the Bob@91 Basketball Tournament in the schools category.
The quiz team, representing Cornway, that participated in the inaugural Harare High School Quiz hosted by the
Young Men's Christian Association
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Zimbabwe, were runners-up, coming second out of eight schools at the event.
Cornway Senior College had five handball players (four boys and one girl) selected into the Mashrhino handball team, a select side that set up by the Mashonaland West Handball Association to participate in the Hanse Cup hosted by TSG Bergedof (a German handball club) and the Hamburg Handball Association in
Hamburg
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. The Mashrhino squad was the first non-European side to participate in the tournament.
The Under-20 soccer team attained second place in the Hammer and Tongues U20 Soccer Tournament that saw 20 schools in attendance.
The Under-20 volleyball teams won the St. George's College U20 Boys and Girls Volleyball Tournament.
The Senior College boys' volleyball team won the NASH Volleyball Tournament held in Marondera.
Three handball players (boys) from Cornway were selected by the Mashonaland West Handball Association into the Mashrhino select side that will participate in the 2016 edition of the Hanse Cup.
In September, Prince Masvikeni became the head of the Senior College following Gideon Sadazi's departure.
* 2016
The Senior College boys' basketball team won the schools division of the Bob 92 Basketball Tournament held in Harare.
The Senior College Interact Club made a donation of 400 textbooks, stationery and teacher reading material to St Mannocks Primary School, a rural school in
Manyame, Mashonaland West that serves the local farming communities. The Senior College Under-20 boys' football team won the Schools Champions League title. The Senior College boys' basketball team won the Day & Night Basketball Tournament hosted by
Prince Edward School in Harare with girls' basketball team attained second place in the tournament.
Motto
"Let There Be Light" is the motto of the Colleges. The motto is synonymous with a phrase from a popular verse in
the Bible
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. The verse is Genesis 1:3 and is as follows in the New International Version of the bible:
"And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light."
The phrase can be interpreted as the spreading of knowledge and dispelling ignorance. The Latin equivalent, "Fiat Lux" (also rendered as "Sit Lux" et cetera) is used by numerous other institutions globally e.g.
University of California
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,
University of Liverpool
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etc.
The motto appears on the Cornway College emblem.
Admission
* Senior College
Admission into the college is largely based on academic merit.
* For Form One admission, applicants must sit for entrance examination to get a place at the school. If unable to sit for the entrance examination, depending on the availability of places, applicants can use
Cambridge Primary qualification,
ZIMSEC Grade Seven qualification or any equivalent qualification to apply.
* For Forms Two and Three, reports or assessments from previous schools accompanied by a transfer letter. This is dependent on the availability of places.
* For the Sixth Form (Lower Six only), admission into the college is determined by
IGCSE
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,
Ordinary Level
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or equivalent qualifications.
Houses
The four houses at Cornway College are games houses, i.e. they compete in sports, athletics in particular in the first term. Winning participants are selected into the Athletics College team after competing for their houses in the annual Inter-House Athletics Competition.
The table below shows the houses, house colour and year founded.
See also
*
List of schools in Zimbabwe
This list of schools in the African country of Zimbabwe includes the country's primary and secondary schools. Zimbabwe's tertiary schools are listed on a separate sub-list at List of universities in Zimbabwe.
Schools 'highfied' are listed alp ...
*
List of boarding schools
References
External links
*
Cornway College - PindulaCornway College profileon EducateZimbabwe
{{Zimbabwe private schools
Private schools in Zimbabwe
Cambridge schools in Zimbabwe
Co-educational schools in Zimbabwe
Day schools in Zimbabwe
Boarding schools in Zimbabwe
High schools in Zimbabwe
Co-educational boarding schools
Educational institutions established in 2006
2006 establishments in Zimbabwe