Mpopoma High School, which is also known as ''The High School'', is a mixed government day school that is located in
Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe. The school was established in 1959 and is known as one of the best schools in the City of Bulawayo. The school has an annual enrollment of 1500+ students (all of whom are day scholars) and uses the double-shift system to deliver lessons. The School motto is ''Vela Mfundo'' meaning ''Show Up Education (We Embrace You).''
In addition to having notable alumni in many parts of the world, Mpopoma has excelled in both Academics and Sports.
Academics
Mpopoma High School follows a
ZIMSEC curriculum and caters for both
Ordinary Level ("O" Level) and
advanced ("A") level students. The school has, on several occasions, produced very good Advanced Level results.
In 2016, the school recorded a 98.7% A level pass-rate (5% above the national average) based on ZIMSEC exams. In the 2014 advanced level exams, Mpopoma obtained a pass-rate of 97.83% making it the best school in Bulawayo and number
35 nationally.
Sports and clubs
Mpopoma High School students take part in many sporting activities. The girls' football team made history in 2019 when they became the pioneering Bulawayo team to win the girls' title at the COPA Coca-Cola national finals.
The team won a cash prize of USD10, 800 while the coach, Mr. Rugwevera won USD 1,500.
Two of Mpopoma's students made it into the 2020 Young Mighty Warriors Women's Under 17 team which hopes to partake in the 2020 Women's Under-17 World Cup in
India.
In 2017, the school won the Bulawayo National Association of Secondary School Heads (Nash) track and field inter-districts athletics competition with sixteen gold medals in which the runners-up only had five gold medals.
After representing Team Bulawayo at the national level, five of Mpopoma's athletes were selected to be on the national team.
Mpopoma returned their title again in 2018 where the athletics team won 39 gold, 24 silver and 16 bronze medals.
Another sport that Mpopoma High has excelled in is the Beach Volleyball; in 2019, Mpopoma were the national champions in the Under-19 Girls' category. Drama is yet another area that Mpopoma High School participates in; the notable
IYASA
The Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts, a combination of Ndebele and English phrase which means Freedom of the Youth, officially known as IYASA, is a Zimbabwean dance group which is based in Bulawayo, the second capital city of Zimbabwe. IYASA w ...
also started as a Drama Club at Mpopoma High School.
Notable alumni
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Fortune Chasi
Fortune Chasi (born 5 February 1965) is a Zimbabwean politician, member of parliament, and formerly served as the country's Minister of Energy and Power Development. Fortune became member of parliament in Zimbabwe for Mazowe South in the 2013 Zi ...
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Tymon Mabaleka
Tymon Mabaleka (1950 – 27 June 2014) was a Zimbabwean footballer and music producer. He was nicknamed "The Whitehorse". His career lasted for nearly twenty years in sports and another fifteen years in the music industry.
Mabaleka was born in ...
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Thandolwenkosi Mlilo
Thandolwenkosi Mlilo also known as Thandakwenkosi Mlilo (born 16 June 1985) is a Zimbabwean woman cricketer. Mlilo was one of the cricketers to have played for Zimbabwe in its international debut in 2006. She represented Zimbabwe in the 2008 Wom ...
[
* ]Sinikiwe Mpofu
Sinikiwe Gava Mpofu (21 February 1985 – 7 January 2023) was a Zimbabwean cricket player and coach. She represented the Zimbabwe women's national cricket team at two editions of the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. She later coached Mounta ...
Sandra Ndebele
Sandra Ndebele is a Zimbabwean musician, dancer and actress.
Career
Ndebele started participating in the performing arts while at school and later joined the group IYASA with which she toured the world. She later released 10 track her solo alb ...
Henry Tayali
Henry Nkole Tayali (22 November 1943 – 22 July 1987) was a multi-lingual Zambian painter, sculptor, printmaker, raconteur and lecturer. He has been described as Zambia's most famous painter.
Biography
Early life
Tayali was born on 22 Novemb ...
See also
* List of schools in Zimbabwe
* List of secondary schools in Bulawayo
References
External links
* https://www.facebook.com/MpopomaHighSchool/
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High schools in Zimbabwe