 The school's motto is "Better Always Better" and it is one of Tanzania's leading non-government schools.For three consecutive academic years (2000-2001, 2001-2002 and 2002-2003), Mzizima was awarded the Certificate of Excellence (First Grade) from the Minister of Education and Culture and Inspectorate for exemplary performance at the Tanzanian National Examinations.It adopted the International Baccalaureate system before the 2005/2006 academic year began.