St Boniface College is a private secondary school in the Kavango East Region of Namibia , situated 30 kilometres (19 miles) east of the regional capital, Rundu . It is a Roman Catholic Church boarding school .
7-456: St Boniface was founded in 1995 and named in honour of Bonifatius Hausiku , the first Namibian Catholic bishop in Namibia; he later became an archbishop . St Boniface College is the top performing school in Namibia. As of 2016, the school had 306 students from grades eight to twelve. In recent years, St Boniface has been the top-performing school in the country. St Boniface students have made up
14-428: A dusk-to-dawn curfew that South African authorities had imposed in Namibia. The bishops argued that the curfew violated the freedom to assemble, freedom of religion, freedom of association, and freedom of movement. Later that year he was part of a delegation that travelled to Washington DC to "appeal for pressure on the government of South Africa to end its long time occupation of their country." On 22 May 1995 Haushiku
21-589: The majority of the ten best performing grade 12 students in the country: nine of the top ten in 2010, five in 2011, seven in 2012, and eight each in 2013, 2014, and 2018. The success of the school is attributed to its principal, Mary Phillis Yesudasan, who has been described as "very strict, combined with a military leadership style." She emphasises commitment from both teachers and students. Teachers at St Boniface regularly work until 10:30pm. Long hair and romantic relationships are banned among students, and mobile phones are forbidden for students and teachers alike. All
28-622: The school has been criticised for not preparing students for the self-study necessary at tertiary level. Bonifatius Hausiku Bonifatius Haushiku or Hausiku (25 May 1933 – 12 June 2002) was a Namibian Roman Catholic religious leader. Haushiku was born in Sambiu on 25 May 1933. He attended St. Josef's Teacher Training College in Döbra and St. Teresa's Minor Seminary and St. Augustine's Major Seminary in Roma, Lesotho . In June 1966, Haushiku
35-401: The teachers in the school are from other countries, such as Kenya, Zimbabwe or India: according to Yesudasan, "no Namibian teacher has proven competent enough to comply with the stringent expectations she fosters." In order to maintain high academic standards, students who fail a grade are not allowed back to the school. Not all alumni of St Boniface College have had success at university, and
42-539: Was installed as archbishop of the newly created Archdiocese of Windhoek . In 2000, as President of the Council of Churches in Namibia , he led a 2000-person protest march in which he spoke against unemployment, poverty, disease, gender-based violence, and murder. After suffering from cancer for more than a year, Haushiku died on 12 June 2002. St Boniface College , a boarding school in Kavango East founded in 1995,
49-517: Was ordained at a priest . On 27 January 1979, Haushiku was ordained a bishop, becoming the first indigenous Roman Catholic bishop in Namibia. He was made titular bishop of Troyna and auxiliary bishop of Windhoek . In November 1980, Haushiku was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Windhoek. In 1986 Haushiku, along with the Lutheran bishop Kleopas Dumeni and the Anglican bishop James Kauluma , challenged
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