There are a number of schools in Shurugwi, including Parkinson High, Chrome High, Shurugwi 2, Batanai High School, Charles Wraith Primary, Railway Block Primary School, Peak Mine Primary, Selukwe Primary, Ironsides Primary Impali primary (Owned by Unkie Mineetc. Most of the better secondary schools are found in the Shurugwi rural area, such as
Pakame Mission, one of the oldest schools in the country, a
Methodist-run mission school which is about by road on the South towards Zvishavane, close to
Guruguru Mountain, a
volcanic solid rock mountain in
Shurugwi Rural Areas;
Tongogara High School, a government operated boarding school to the East and
Hanke Adventist High School, an
SDA run school on the North of Tongogara. Next to Hanke, there is a school called Svika High, named after a nearby Svika mountain, which are the rural areas of Francis Nhema, the Zanu Pf Member of Parliament for Shurugwi North. All these schools offer up to
Advanced Level ("A-Level") education. There also are some post-independence-era schools with basically poor standards of education, with pass rates of below 5% on
Ordinary Level (
O-levels), which is due to a lack of quality teachers who normally do not want to teach in rural areas. Rusununguko Secondary School, which is along the Chivi/
Beit Bridge road, is one of the few schools to attain A-level status in its class. Shurugwi also has rural primary schools, such as
Vungwi Primary School,
Matamba Primary School, Tumba Primary Schools, Dhlemiti Primary school, Chironde Primary school, Zvizhazha Primary School, Mavedzenge Primary School, Musavezi Primary School and Nhema Primary School. Most of the graduates leave Shurugwi after primary/secondary education to pursue further education, usually A levels, in other towns as far as Harare. A relative minority ultimately end up studying at the
University of Zimbabwe and other post independent universities in Zimbabwe or even at universities abroad. Shurugwi has produced a considerable number of professionals, notably
Chartered Accountants, lawyers, engineers and medical doctors. There is a private college Institute of Business Technology, popularly known as IBT College, founded by Dr Godfrey Gandawa, that offers academic school forms 1 to 6, and professional and computing courses at national foundation certificate, national certificate and national diploma levels with HEXCO examination status. Mhangami Primary School is an Anglican church-run school. Originally called St Pius, it was renamed Mhangami in honour of the local Chief Mhangami. The school was established in 1943 and offers up to grade 7. Shurugwi has quite a number of notable schools that drive the academic excellence of the town, which are notably: ==Notable residents==