St. Joseph's College, Kgale

St. Joseph's College
Location
Gaborone Botswana[1]
Coordinates	24°42′52″S 25°52′15″E / 24.7144861°S 25.8707535°E / -24.7144861; 25.8707535Coordinates: 24°42′52″S 25°52′15″E / 24.7144861°S 25.8707535°E / -24.7144861; 25.8707535
Information
Type	Government-aided mission school[2]
Motto	Per Aspera Ad Astra (Through Difficulties To The Stars[3])
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1928 (1928)[4]
Sister school	Mater Spei College
Principal	Ms C. Male[5]
Chaplain	Father Lawrence
Grades	Form 4 (Grade 11), Form 5 (Grade 12)
Gender	Co-educational
Enrolment	892(Form 4), 856(Form 5)[6]
Houses	5
Colour(s)	Royal blue, Sky blue & Grey
Nickname	St. Joe
National ranking	1[7]
Yearbook	Kgalian

St. Joseph's College is a government-aided Catholic Institution located in Gaborone, Botswana.^[8][9]

The school was founded in 1928 by the Catholic Church to form and inform Batswana children. A government-aided mission school, it is financed by the government of Botswana and owned and managed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaborone.^[10]

The college follows the national curriculum as outlined by the Botswana Ministry of Education and Skills Development^[11] and at the end of their academic programme, students sit for the Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) terminal examination.^[12]

The school has been the leading government senior school in the country, academically, for a number of years and is a school well known for the disciplined behaviour of its students.^[13] It was victorious in the 2015 national examinations, as 51.29 percent of its students managed to scoop five credits or better making it the only government senior school to exceed a percentage of 40 in that year.^[14][15]

Motto

The school's motto is Per Aspera Ad Astra. Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars" and per aspera is also a Latin phrase meaning "through difficulties" or "through hardships".^[16][17]

St Joseph's Mission Clinic

St. Joseph's College has its own personal clinic for students can easily and quickly be attended to by qualified clinic personnel.^[18] The clinic also gives assistance to members of the public who are aware of its existence without denial. Most workers of the clinic are nuns trained as nurses and qualified medical practitioners.

School identity

Colour(s)

Royal blue, Sky blue & Grey^[19]

Houses

St. Joseph's College students attending a Botswana Student Network Summit at the University of Botswana

Boys' uniform

Girls' uniform

Co-curricular activities

Performance

Year	Position	Percentage	Varience
2016	1	60.3%	9.01%
2015	1[14]	51.29%[15]	12.95%
2014	1	38.34%	-2.72%
2013	1	41.06%	N/A
2012	1	N/A	N/A

See also

• Education in Botswana
• List of secondary schools in Botswana
• Saint Joseph

References