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Shaaban Robert Secondary School

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School type
  
Private

School number
  
S0342

Address
  
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Motto
  
Strive for Excellence

Chairperson
  
Andy Chande

Religious affiliation(s)
  
Non-denominational

Chairman
  
Sir Andy Chande

Phone
  
+255 2114903

Founded
  
14 May 1963

Established
  
14 May 1963 (1963-05-14)

Authority
  
Dar es Salaam Secondary Education Society

Similar
  
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Shaaban Robert Secondary School (SRSS) is a co-educational secondary school based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The school is named after the celebrated Tanzanian poet and author, Shaaban Bin Robert.

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Background

The School is owned by the Dar es Salaam Secondary Education Society. It is run by a Board of Governors and a Management Committee. Sir Andy Chande is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the School and President of the Dar es Salaam Secondary Education Society.

The school has about 50 full-time teaching staff and offers the following facilities:

  • 27 class rooms
  • 5 staff rooms
  • 6 Laboratories
  • A computer laboratory
  • A geography room
  • A library
  • Teachers' Resource Centre
  • A staff refreshment room.
  • A multi purpose hall with a seating capacity of 1000 people.
  • A sick bay
  • An audiovisual room
  • A reprographic room
  • A basketball, volleyball and tennis court; facilities for badminton and table tennis.
  • Football and Hockey ground and a running track.
  • A cricket pitch.
  • Two canteens

    • Co - Curricular activities include: debate, extempore, drama, elocution, seminars, field trips, quiz competition and club activities including fine arts and French.

    Notable alumni

  • Adam Malima, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives
  • Richa Adhia, Miss Tanzania 2007
  • Mohamed Raza, member of the Zanzibar House of Representatives
  • Fredrick Alban Kayumbo, Founder of Aspire Group (www.aspiregroup.co.tz), 1989-1993

    • References

    Shaaban Robert Secondary School Wikipedia
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