Shaaban Robert Secondary School

Coordinates: 6°48′20.84″S 39°16′51.34″E / 6.8057889°S 39.2809278°E

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Shaaban Robert Secondary School Swahili: Shule ya Sekondari Shaaban Robert

Address

Magore Street Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Coordinates	6°48′20.84″S 39°16′51.34″E / 6.8057889°S 39.2809278°E / -6.8057889; 39.2809278
Information
School type	Private
Motto	Strive for Excellence
Religious affiliation(s)	Non-denominational
Established	14 May 1963 (1963-05-14)
Authority	Dar es Salaam Secondary Education Society
School number	S0342
Chairman	Sir Andy Chande
Headmaster	S. D. Ramji
Gender	Coeducational
Age	14 to 19
Education system	Tanzanian
Language	English
Hours in school day	7.15 AM - 2.00 PM
Classrooms	29
Campus type	Urban
Houses	Topaz Saphire Emerald Ruby
National ranking	94/3,392^[1]
Yearbook	The Fikara
School fees	TSh 3.4 million (≈US$1,600)
Alumni	Shaabanians
Website	www.shaabanrobert.ac.tz

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.

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
Khalid Mohammed aka TID, Bongo flava artist

References

^ "S0342 SHAABAN ROBERT SECONDARY SCHOOL Results". necta.go.tz. 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.

External links

Official website

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