Ndilimeke

St BONIFACE COLLEGE RUNDU

St Boniface college is a private catholic boarding school about 30km east of Rundu in the kavango region.St boniface offers grades from 8 to 12.The school has proven to be the best in the kavango region with excellent academic record. It is build on firm christian foundation of the Roman Catholic church in Namibia. St boniface college provides teaching from grade 8 to 12 offering JSC, IGCSE and HIGCSE, it follows the curriculum of other secondary schools in Namibia.It is run by the Catholic church and managed by local people without the assistance of the government.

Foundation

In 1994,The late archbishop of the catholic churches in Namibia, Bonifatius Hausiku together with a group of around 200 teachers, community members and missionaries proposed the founding of a private school in order to provide quality education which will contribute to the development of the Kavango region in particular and the Namibian country at large. In 1995 the Dutch Brothers of CMM started a secondary boarding school with boys and girls at Sambyu, 30km east of Rundu in the Kavango region in the premises of the Roman Catholic Mission.

The school was officially opened on the 14th of march 1995 with Brother Piet Dillisen, CMM as the first principal. St Boniface College was named after Archbishop Bonifatius Hausiku. St Boniface College started off with the support of some donor organizations namely: The European Union, Friends of St Boniface Hilversan, Royal Netherlands, The Belgian Embassy in Namibia, Kavango Construction and The First National Bank of Namibia (FNB).[[1]]

Teachers and Learners

The school has the best qualified teachers in Namibia and well disciplined learners.Learners at the school are taught about the Catholic teaching.There are about 12 teachers and 200 learners.

Academic Excellence

St Boniface College has emerged tops in the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary (NSSCO) level examinations in 2011. Nine of the learners of the school was part of the top ten best overall performers in six NSSCO level subjects.In addition, the school boasts the overall best male and female performers in six ordinary level subjects.St Boniface College’s Lynnet Sasele (left) was named overall best female performer for her four As and two Bs, while her fellow learner Justinus Kandjimi was the best overall male performer, also with four As and two Bs. The school is well known by citizens of Namibia for achieving 100 percent pass rate form grade 8 to 12 yearly.[[2]]

School System

St Boniface college has excellent rules and regulations implemented to best interest of the school's reputation.One of the rules is that the girls hair should be cut off for the rest of their studying period at the school.This rule was implemented because the principal feels that most school girls spend most of their time on their hair rather than studying.Maybe all school should start implementing these rules if they want excellent performances .The school also has good resources to advance the studies of the learners.The school hostel also has study time for the learners to study and excel in their studies.Learners also have the opportunity of getting confirmed and receiving their first holy communion.