Dewure High School

Dewure High School
Dewure High School
Address
	Dewure High School: Gutu,Masvingo Post Office box: 73, Gutu,; Gutu - Masvingo; Zimbabwe
Coordinates	17°45′52″S 31°02′26″E / 17.7645277°S 31.0406769°E
Information
Type	Mission, Boarding and Day school and school
Motto	Self Reliance- Discipline -Sportsmanship
Denomination	Churches of Christ
Established	1962
Headmaster	Samuel Mahwehwe
Forms	1–6, Sixth Form
Gender	Girls and Boys
Age	12 to 18
Enrollment	622 (2016)
Color(s)	Maroon and White ;
Affiliations	Church of Christ in Zimbabwe

Dewure High School is a secondary school in Gutu, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe.

History

Dewure High School was established in the 1960s by an American missionary named Johnson. Dewure is a Church of Christ School and belongs to the Mashoko schools which comprise all primary and secondary schools run by the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe. Togarepi Zebed is the chairperson of the schools.

Subjects

Subjects offered include Mathematics, English Language & Literature, Sciences, Accounts, Practical Subjects such as Agriculture, Fashion and Fabrics, Shona, Technical Graphics, computer studies, biology, physics and chemistry. Dewure is ranked in the top 100 of the best schools in Zimbabwe with a pass rate of up to 95^[1]^{[better source needed]}

Football

In 2004 Dewure began their reign to become football champions. They qualified to the NASH COCA COLA nationals after beating Gokomere in the Provincials. This marked the beginning of Dewure's reign as champions of Masvingo Province. In the following years they have won more than 15 trophies and tournaments including the Teacherz furnishers Trophy [5 times], Mash Nationals 2007, Coca-Cola National trophy 2008-2012-2015, and various local and provincial tournaments.^[2] They had become a menace to their long-time Provincial Rivals Pamushana High School.

Recruitment

Form ones should have at most 12 units depending on the year.

Teaching Staff

Dewure High head is Mr. Samuel Mahwehwe^[3] who took over after the retirement of Mr. John Ziki in 2012 after more than 30 years of loyal service to the school. Mahwehwe had been the acting head at Dewure since 2013 having assumed the position of deputy head in the same school in 2010.[jtmt]

The school is known for producing great results in Accounting and Economics at A level. O level History is also passed in numbers at the school.

References

External links

[1] Zimbabwe 'A' Level Top 100 Schools 2014

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