Luveve Secondary School

Luveve Secondary School is a government school in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It was established in January 1958 as a technical college for black students, but became a secondary school in 1965 for black students as the technical college was closed due to Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence.[1][2] Initially the school was open to only male students and had an initial enrollment of 45 students in 1958.[3]

It was built to train black Africans in technical trades with a view to them returning to their homelands to teach their peers the trades that they had learned. At that time only the staff were multi-racial, the majority being white, some local, but many brought in on special contracts from the UK.

The main trades taught were: Brickwork, Plastering, Painting and Decorating, Carpentry and Joinery, Motor Engineering, Electrical, Plumbing, Engineering (Machining).

References

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  1. ^ "Luveve High old timers in reunion after 50 years". The Chronicle. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Luveve High School maintains prestigious standards". Bulawayo24 News. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  3. ^ Makotose, Armitage Beverley (June 2001). "The role of technical education in community upliftment in Zimbabwe : a historical perspective and avulation". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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