Wayengumntu owayenqwenela ukuba ngugqirha esemncinci. Baza ke abazali bakhe boyiswa kukungabinazintsiba abakwazi ukumsa kwisikolo sokufundela ubugqurha, waza ke okaTutu wafunda kwikholeji i-Pretoria Bantu Normal watsho wangutitshala. Waafundisa kwisikolo semfundo ephakamileyo i""Johannesburg Bantu High"" nakwisikolo i""Munsienville High"" kwisixeko saseMogale.Wayeka ubutishala emva kwoku zizwa umtheto owaziwa njenge Bantu Education Act eqanqalazela imfundiso yabantu abamnyama base Mzantsi-Afrika. Waqhubeka ke kwizifundo zobufundisi ePeter's Theological College kwindawu yase Rosettenville, ngeyuoMnga (December) ka 1961 walawulwa ukuba ngumPriest kwiTshetshi elandela isikhokheli sakhe, uTrevor