Fletcher High School, Gweru
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Fletcher High School is a school in
Gweru Gweru, originally known as Gwelo, is a city in central Zimbabwe. It is on the centre of Midlands Province. Originally an area known to the Ndebele as "The Steep Place" because of the Gweru River's high banks, in 1894 it became the site of a m ...
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. It was one of the first boarding schools during the colonial era prior to the Zimbabwe revolution. It was opened in 1957. The first principal was D Davies. It was established as a boys' school but is currently co-ed, having admitted the first group of female students in 1982.


Academic education

The school offers
secondary education Secondary education is the education level following primary education and preceding tertiary education. Level 2 or ''lower secondary education'' (less commonly ''junior secondary education'') is considered the second and final phase of basic e ...
starting form 1 to form 6. Students in form 4 and form 6 write the local national examinations in line with the Zimbabwean secondary school education system. Currently the school is under the headmaster Elijah Mazula.


References

{{reflist Boarding schools in Zimbabwe Educational institutions established in 1957 1957 establishments in Southern Rhodesia High schools in Zimbabwe Buildings and structures in Midlands Province Education in Midlands Province Gweru