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Mbilwi Senior Secondary School was started in 1979 as a Science School ( refer to the curriculum for subjects done at this school). Mbilwi Secondary is one of the schools which started from the top to the bottom, i.e. it started in 1979 with Grade 11 ( Std 9 ) and Grade 12 ( Std 10 ). It is the only school we know which started with the top classes (Grade 11 and 12) and then evolved downwards to lower Grades as the years goes by.

The premises which Mbilwi Secondary School occupies have a longer history than Mbilwi Senior Secondary School. Briefly this school was built in 1968/69 as a special school for the then children of chiefs and indunas of the Venda homeland. It existed as such until 1973/74 and it was used as Venda College of Education in 1975/6.

Mbilwi Senior Secondary School introduced Grade 8 (STD 6 ) IN 1989. One of the main reasons for such an introduction was the fact that most of the learners coming for Grade 10 (Std 8) were lacking back-ground and therefore if Mbilwi prepares its own learners from Grade 8 they would reach Grade 12 (STD10) properly prepared. The other reason was that some schools felt that Mbilwi is doing better because it is just taking over their good learners.

By 1993 we saw a dramatic change in Grade 12 results when our first STD 6 ( Grade 08 ) learners were doing Grade 12, and we proved the point that if the learners were not properly taught in lower Grades they lack background which make it difficult for them to pass Grade 12 examinations