Founding of the school

The school was established on 1981 as a community school by Epworth Residents of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe. It was at first housed at Epworth Primary School before moving to its present site when the then kraal Head, Isaac Muzambwa donated a piece of his farmland to the school. (Please note that before independence, especially during the war of liberation, the church had allowed a number of Black Africans to take permanent and temporary residence on its farm before surrendering the greater part of it to the government after independence). In October 2013 the Epworth Local Board took over the school as the Responsible Authority.

THE HEAD

Mr Christopher Kadenge was born in Murewa, Zimbabwe and did his primary school at Murewa Central Primary School, St Clares’ Mission and St Mary’s Chingwaru School. He then went to Nhowe Mission for his Secondary education. He then acquired a diploma in Bookkeeping at Commercial Careers College, and then studied A’ Level privately. He later worked at Impala Electronics and Philips as a clerk/radio assembler. He then found a job as a teacher at Mabvuku Community School and rose through the ranks to become the Acting School Head. He then left for Bulawayo where he trained as a Secondary school teacher at the then Teachers’ College. He has since then taught at various secondary schools in different capacities. In 1985 he enrolled at the University of Zimbabwe where he obtained a Bachelor of Education Degree. The schools include Mkoba, Mabvuku and Epworth High Schools. He was first appointed Deputy Head in 1989, Head Grade 2 in 1991 and Head 1 in 2000. Mr Kadenge is a holder of several computer studies and managerial certificates and enjoys teaching History and Geography. Played Basketball and Volleyball at school and tertiary and also coached basketball successfully at school level.

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