David Kaunda National Technical High School

 

 

 

 

 

Woodlands Prospects Hill / Main
Off Burma Road, Along Yotamu Muleya
P. O. Box 50013
Lusaka, Zambia.

Tel : +260 211 254170

Motto: 

Diligence and Dignity

Mission Statement

To provide the best senior/high school Education to the most intellectually promising young Zambians and mould them to become the finest scholars / professionals in the fields of science and technology

Profile.

David Kaunda National Technical School is situated in woodlands Prospects Hill or main off Burma Road, along Yotamu Muleya road. 

David Kaunda National Technical School is a government Boarding school with a current pupil population of 891. Of this number is, 191 are girls and 660 are boys.  Initially the school was a boys’ school. Girls were introduced in 1993 in line with the government policy to bridge the wide gender divide in the country.

The school receives the best performing pupils from all the 10 provinces of Country. It provides high school education from grade 10 to 12 and offers “A” levels and has boarding facilities for both males and females. There are 24 classes in all meaning that there are eight classes per stream (three Streams). The school has 100 “A” Level students, 660 boys and 191 girls in boarding, 340 boys and 288 girls open learners also accommodates foreign pupils.

 The character of the school is that it is one of the only three National Schools.

Its inclination is towards technology and pure sciences and is a major contributor of the students to both University of Zambia and Copperbelt University. As a result of the school’s strong standing in the areas of science and technology, most of the top engineers in the Zambian industries are former pupils of David Kaunda National Technical High School.

History.

David Kaunda National Technical High Schoolwas founded in 1924 by the British Colonial Government as a centre for apprentices for courses in building, thatching and carpentry with Mr. F. Hodgson as the first principal. It was opened to meet the needs of children of soldiers of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment.

 Academic offerings

Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, English Language, Literature in English, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geometrical and mechanical Drawing, Metal Work, Wood Work, Home Economics, French, Computer Studies, History and Geography.

Note: For the science subjects we offer both pure and physical sciences. Pure sciences are offered to boarders while physical sciences are offered to open learning classes.

Grade 12 Exam Entry for Grade 11 pupils

 At the beginning of term 2, all grade 11 pupils are expected to start bringing their grade 9 statements of result so that the school guidance section can start the process of examination entry. 

This of information must be treated with a sense of urgency and all grade 11 pupils must follow this instruction strictly.

Uniform.

Boarders wear black pairs of trousers/ skirts (for girls)  and long sleeved white shirts with a green tie bearing the school logo while open learners wear black pairs of trousers/ skirts (for girls) and long sleeved sky blue with a green tie bearing the school logo.

Extra curricula Activities

Football for both girls and boys, rugby, track events, athletics, drama, poetry, choreography and many more.

DK gets a 100% Quality Pass

The 2011 grade 12 results once again were a spectacle for DK. The school recorded a quality 100% pass. Details of the results are that a total of 258 candidates sat for the exam and 249 had points that fell between 6 and 24. This implies that only 9 where outside division one. There were 137 candidates whose points ranged from 6 to 10 while a cumulative total of 207 had points that ranged between 6 and 15. This represented a total of 80.23256%.

Twenty six candidates had six points, 28 candidates had seven points, 16 candidates had 8 points, 37 candidates had 9 points while 30 candidates had 10 points. A total of 18 pupils had 11points while 12 of them had 12 points. A total of 13 candidates had 13 points while 15 had 14 points. When we end at 15 points, a total of 12 candidates emerged with 15 points.  Candidates who had points that fell between 16 and 24 points were a total of 70.

Challenges and Appeal for Aid

The school in its quest to provide and maintain the outstanding grades in pupils and high profile as an institutions faces a number of challenges for which it would appreciate any form of aid from well wishers, former students and the corporate world.

• Huge bills owed to Water and Sewerage company and high monthly electricity bills 
• High costs of painting hostels and class rooms 
• High rate of vandalism
• Dilapidation of our internal road network
• High cost of maintaining sports grounds and sports regalia 

We are appealing to well wishers and the corporate world to come and identify themselves with the school and its programmes. We are aware that the corporate entities, in Zambia, tap a valuable human resource which has its source from Schools like David Kaunda High and these are adding value to the net worth of these entities.

Through your corporate social responsibility programmes, we are sure that you can identify yourselves with one programme in developing the school. You could look at adopting the maintenance of hostels, landscaping, inside road rehabilitations, sports grounds rehabilitation, ICT, donation of mattresses, and many more other programmes.

Acknowledgements

The school management and staff would like to extend their hearty thanks to all parents who have been there to assist our pupils in making their stay at David Kaunda Technical high school enjoyable. In particular, in this issue of our newsletter, we would like to thank Mrs. Chuba who donated washing powder, laundry bars of soap, tablets of bathing soap, washing paste and tubes of Colgate   tooth paste. Mr. Shakafuswa, one of the parents, also donated six mattresses and we would like to thank him for the gesture. We would also like to thank  our women’s organization, The Women’s Federation for World Peace, who  generously donated a hundred pairs sneakers to be used by identified needy pupils. 

We would like to encourage more parents  and well wishers to come forward and give to needy pupils so that their stay in the school can be memorable.We remain committed to seeing that your child is provided with the best quality education.