Falcon College is a top private institution of higher learning (high school) for boys aged 12–18 in the southern Matabeleland region of Zimbabwe. It was founded in 1954 near Esigodini (formerly Essexvale, Southern Rhodesia), 55 km southeast of Bulawayo on the remains of the Bushtick Mine. The college has graduated a British member of parliament, surgeons and doctors, leaders of industry and commerce, soldiers and educators.
The college has 40 km² of Matabeleland bush, 10 km² approximately is game fenced and houses Quiet Waters game park. The park contains examples of most of Zimbabwe’s plains game species, including zebra, giraffe, kudu, impala, tssessebe, bushbuck and warthog. The campus is surrounded by an electric fence (a reminder of the bush war of pre-1980) and is a small oasis of green in amongst the dry semi-desert Matabeleland conditions. An air strip is nearby.
The school's motto is Sic itur ad astra and the school badge is a representation of a Lanner Falcon designed by the wife of a former Headmaster.
Read more about Falcon College: Historical Background, Student Body, The House System, Academics, Sports, Other Extra-curricular Activities, Head Masters, Quiet Waters Conservation Scheme, Notable Alumni
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