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Mission throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s as well. The school was still an all-boys school only offering places to male students. In 1955, the school later added a teachers college portfolio within which meant to serve students who wanted pursue teaching as a career. During this period the school increased its enrollment from 120 students to about 200%. However, unfortunately much of the progress that the school had made was destroyed by the liberation struggle in the '70s .The school lost much of its infrastructure as well as personnel that decided to join the arms' struggle. In 1976, the school reopened and for the first time it opened its doors to female students.
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213:(DEO) around mid-2007. Since Mujuru's departure the school has changed School heads numerous times. This constant change of school heads saw the school's standards deteriorate to an all-time low. For a school that was always in the Zimbabwe's Top 10 best schools since 1990, as of 2013 the school's overall performance in the national examinations has been dismal. The
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The church, dedicated to Jesus Christ and named Christ The King is at the heart of the school atop a hill. The design for the church is in the early simple single-nave undomed basilica manner. At the west end the baptistry is placed projecting westward of the wall and forming a semi-circular recess.
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Daramombe clinic is located within the campus and its easy to access for the students. Treatment for students is free, however in terms of major treatments that the clinic may not be able to offer, students are subjected to transfers to major hospitals at a
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Zimbabwe reached another milestone by being the first school to have a computer village that is a first of its kind in Zimbabwe. The new facility will see the school providing enhanced computer studies as well as better
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As far as possible local material was used. The walls throughout were built with local bricks and stone with a rough face, both inside and out. This brick demands a simple treatment for the dressings so that most of the windows are plain but those around the apse include some effective tracery.
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