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. The school was founded by the

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in 1962 as the brother institution for St. George's College, Harare. From 1962 to 1971 the school was an all-male school; until the nuns of Congregation Jesu helped bring female scholars only for Advanced Level. The College's

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is nearby St Dominic's Chishawasha which meets frequently for social and co-curricula events. In its 59 years of inception it has garnered a name as the hub of profound education maintaining a hold within the top ten list of the national examinations. It linked to

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History

St. Ignatius College was founded by the Jesuit Fathers after they had seen the need to educate marginalised black students. According to

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, (a founding member of Mary Ward House) the black community faced a number of challenges due to the draconian policies of the colonial racist regime. The college was meant to cater for the educational needs of the marginalised black people. The first building to be constructed was the administration block in 1961 which housed the Jesuits before the construction of the Community House later in 1967. The next buildings to be constructed were the ZJC Block and Junior House. In 1967 the St. Ignatius College Chapel was constructed. In 2013 St. Ignatius College placed sixth nationally in O-levels with a 95.95% pass rate. There is a scramble to get into the 6th form at St. Ignatius, as many of the top students in the nation apply. There are various exercises the boys participate in to exemplify the Jesuit goal of training men and women for others.

Notables

Sister Stephanie helped establish Mary Ward in 1967 and remained teaching at St. Ignatius for over 40 years. At the start, French and Latin were taught and clubs included drama, canoeing, and Boy Scouts. Long-standing teachers include Fr. Gregory Xavier Croft, S.J., who developed science education throughout Zimbabwe. He co-authored ''Science for Zimbabwe,'' one of the first science textbooks written after independence in 1980. He retired from Ignatius in 1991 but continued teaching physics at St. Alberts in

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, and St. Boniface in

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. He died peacefully in Garnet House, Harare, in 2000. Fr. Anthony Watsham, S.J., was a biology teacher and world authority in

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. He spent much of his free time in the company of animals, dogs, birds, and a baboon named 'Bibiana'. A painter of great imagination, he decorated the Jesuit house at St. Ignatius with abstract art. One of his greatest academic achievements was the study and documentation of the parasitic wasps that live inside figs. He was awarded an honorary life membership of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in London.''Religion in Zimbabwe''. Accessed 5 July 2016.
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Notable alumni

Godfrey Chidyausiku Godfrey Guwa Chidyausiku (23 February 1947 – 3 May 2017) was a Zimbabwean judge and politician. He was involved in politics during Rhodesia's unilaterally declared independence, being a member of the Rhodesia House of Assembly. After Zimbabwean ...

former Chief Justice of Zimbabwe *

Frederick Shava Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava (born 20 March 1949) is a Zimbabwean politician who was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in February 2021 and sworn in on 2 March 2021. He also serves as a member of the Senate repr ...

senator and cabinet minister *

Petina Gappah Petina Gappah (born 1971) is a Zimbabwean lawyer and writer. She writes in English, though she also draws on Shona, her first language. In 2016, she was named African Literary Person of the Year by ''Brittle Paper''. In 2017 she had a DAAD Arti ...

lawyer and writer

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