St. Matthew's Secondary School is a
co-educational Non-Government Boarding school located at Kongowe, Kipala
Village, along the Kilwa Road in Mkuranga District - Pwani. The school
is situated on attractively landscaped by tall trees approximately 19
kilometers from Dar es Salaam city centre. St Matthew's Secondary School
is full registered under the Ministry of Education and Vocational
Training of Tanzania, (Reg. No. S.932).
The school offers secondary education for both O level (Form I to Form IV) and A level (Form V to Form VI). The school has facilities necessary to enhance learning environment for students at both levels: The school has highly qualified, experienced and competent teaching staff, conducive learning and teaching environment; well equipped library; science laboratory; play grounds. Currently the school has a total number of about 2500 students, 102 highly motivated teachers and 150 non-teaching staff.
The school has lived to its motto we are for education standards because ever since it started it has ensured that all students pass at both levels. The school is very proud of its visible academic achievements especially in the past National examinations.
The results achieved are encouraging due to the fact that the school does not specialize in enrolling highest performers only. This is to say that the entry status of our student may be very low and yet the outcome is impressive. This is attributed to the great devotion of the teachers, the facilities offered by the owners, the excellent teaching environment to mention but a few.
The school has very well trained, motivated and experienced staff to deliver the right knowledge and skills to the students.The school has enough teachers all the time to teach the students.
Experienced teachers are more effective in raising student achievement than their less experienced counterparts. This happens not just because experienced teachers are more likely to work in schools and classrooms with more advantaged students. It is true that, experienced teachers are more effective than teachers with fewer years of classroom experience.
Class Rooms
Every classroom at our school is spacious, bright, ventilated and furnished with high quality desks that are designed confirming to the standards specified for student to develop the right posture and comfortably sit on for many days of their schooling.
Each classroom is equipped with a blackboard that provides a very lively and enriching session between the students and the teacher.
Computer Laboratory
The barrage of information through technology presents marvelous opportunities to make learning more exciting & experiential. At St. Matthew’s Secondary School IT facilities are an important part of the teaching, learning and experience. The school is endowed with a very well equipped computer lab for our students with well experienced teachers. Our Information Technology facility is a fully networked computer laboratory with individual work stations for a full class, to computers in the library for student research.
IT technicians and student IT supervisors are also available to provide assistance. Our state-of-the-art computers have been embedded with good memory, Drivers and CD/DVD-ROM, which provides students with massive power at their fingertips. Our students are truly fortunate to have access to the best technology available! The computers are equipped with a wide range of authentic software and are all Internet-ready.
Science Laboratory
Library
Read full job details below: KUSOMA VIZURI BONYEZA IMAGE HAPA CHINI KUIKUZA(To read clearly click image below to zoom/enlarge/download/save)The school offers secondary education for both O level (Form I to Form IV) and A level (Form V to Form VI). The school has facilities necessary to enhance learning environment for students at both levels: The school has highly qualified, experienced and competent teaching staff, conducive learning and teaching environment; well equipped library; science laboratory; play grounds. Currently the school has a total number of about 2500 students, 102 highly motivated teachers and 150 non-teaching staff.
The school has lived to its motto we are for education standards because ever since it started it has ensured that all students pass at both levels. The school is very proud of its visible academic achievements especially in the past National examinations.
The results achieved are encouraging due to the fact that the school does not specialize in enrolling highest performers only. This is to say that the entry status of our student may be very low and yet the outcome is impressive. This is attributed to the great devotion of the teachers, the facilities offered by the owners, the excellent teaching environment to mention but a few.
The school has very well trained, motivated and experienced staff to deliver the right knowledge and skills to the students.The school has enough teachers all the time to teach the students.
Experienced teachers are more effective in raising student achievement than their less experienced counterparts. This happens not just because experienced teachers are more likely to work in schools and classrooms with more advantaged students. It is true that, experienced teachers are more effective than teachers with fewer years of classroom experience.
Class Rooms
Every classroom at our school is spacious, bright, ventilated and furnished with high quality desks that are designed confirming to the standards specified for student to develop the right posture and comfortably sit on for many days of their schooling.
Each classroom is equipped with a blackboard that provides a very lively and enriching session between the students and the teacher.
Computer Laboratory
The barrage of information through technology presents marvelous opportunities to make learning more exciting & experiential. At St. Matthew’s Secondary School IT facilities are an important part of the teaching, learning and experience. The school is endowed with a very well equipped computer lab for our students with well experienced teachers. Our Information Technology facility is a fully networked computer laboratory with individual work stations for a full class, to computers in the library for student research.
IT technicians and student IT supervisors are also available to provide assistance. Our state-of-the-art computers have been embedded with good memory, Drivers and CD/DVD-ROM, which provides students with massive power at their fingertips. Our students are truly fortunate to have access to the best technology available! The computers are equipped with a wide range of authentic software and are all Internet-ready.
Science Laboratory
St. Matthew’s Secondary School has
the best facilities available to its students, which makes it different
from the other schools in Tanzania. With strong Science departments,
St. Matthew’s Secondary School has a sophisticated and high-end
laboratory which is ideal for a whole range of experiments for various
fields of sciences. The school emboldens the students to be innovative
& creative in their presentations and also rewards them with prizes
for their best efforts and hard work.
The Science departments are well equipped with Physics, Chemistry and
Biology laboratories that provide necessary facilities with modern and
excellent equipments for demonstration, experimentation and project work
at various levels.Library
The Library collection is geared towards providing
materials and audio visual aids to support the teaching, learning
activities of the school. The St. Matthew’s Secondary School library
contains one of the best and up-to-date book collections in different
fields. The library is well equipped with a collection of books,
newspapers, research reports and learning packages in all relevant
fields of study. The total stock of the library system is over 15,000
volumes catering for all the subjects conducted at the school.
