Founders High School
| Founders High School | |
|---|---|
 Founders High School Crest | |
| Address | |
Dundee Drive | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public boarding/day |
| Motto | Truth is ever simple |
| Opened | January 1952 |
| Headmistress | Mrs D.Moyo |
| Language | English and Ndebele |
| Colour(s) | White, Yellow, Maroon |
Founders High School is a public high school in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It includes both day and boarding students.
History
[edit]Founders High School was founded in January 1952 as Southern Rhodesia's first secondary school for Coloured and Asian students.[1][2] It was established at the Herbert Stanley Hostel on Dundee Drive in the Barham Green area of Bulawayo.[1] Today, most of its students are black Africans from suburbs including Emganwini, Nketa, Tshabalala, Southwold, Bellevue and Nkulumane.
In 2016, the school received an award called the Secretary's Bell
Notable people
[edit]Alumni
[edit]- Fay Chung, educator and politician, cabinet minister[2]
- Rashid Gatrad, consultant paediatrician and deputy lieutenant of the West Midlands[3]
- Noel Kaseke, footballer[4]
- Edwin Muguti, surgeon and former deputy minister[1]
- Fortune Chasi,Politician and Lawyer
- Prince James Mpande Ncube, Architect
Faculty
[edit]- Andrew Shue, taught mathematics from 1989 to 1992
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Founders High School, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe | Phone: +263 9 463 012". placesmap.net. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ a b Chung, Fay (2006). Re-living the Second Chimurenga: Memories from the Liberation Struggle in Zimbabwe. African Books Collective. p. 34. ISBN 9781779220462.
- ^ "Rashid Gatrad". The Memon. World Memon Organisation. July 2015. pp. 3–4.
- ^ "Noel Kaseke clocks record 15 years in Europe". The Sunday News. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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