St Mauritius Secondary School

St Mauritius Secondary School is a Catholic secondary school at Lura Trading Centre, on the road from Phwezi to Livingstonia in Rumphi District, northern Malawi. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Karonga is its proprietor. According to the diocese, the school opened on 10 October 2022 with 100 Form 1 students. It is a government-assisted school: the government selects 65 per cent of its students and the diocese 35 per cent. In September 2023 the diocese reported that a second Form 1 intake would take enrolment to 200, and that a second hostel and a second classroom block, each for 100 students, had been built. The diocese's requirements notice for the 2026/27 academic year sets fees at K600,000 per term, with a uniform of dark blue trousers, sky-blue shirt and dark blue sweater sold at the school for K70,000. New students are asked to bring a letter of introduction from a parent, their MANEB identification and Standard 8 results, a scientific calculator, bedding, a mosquito net and eating utensils. The school's motto is "Certa Bonum Certamen" ("Fight the good fight"), and its colours are red, yellow and black. The Diocese of Karonga was created in 2010 from part of the Diocese of Mzuzu and covers Karonga and Chitipa districts and part of Rumphi. Secondary education in Malawi runs from Form 1 to Form 4 and ends with the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE), set by the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB). The Malawi Electoral Commission's 2025 register for Rumphi District Council lists Lura F.P. School as a polling centre in the Phoka ward. The road through Lura leads to Livingstonia, the Free Church of Scotland mission established at Khondowe in 1894. The diocese gives the headteacher's numbers as +265 996 588 051 and +265 881 164 066, the bursar's as +265 993 643 592 and +265 884 630 742, and the school's email as stmauritiussecondary@gmail.com.

Lura Trading Centre, Phwezi-Livingstonia Road, Rumphi, Malawi
Rumphi

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