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Durban Youth Council
The Durban Youth Council (DYC) is a non-profit, community service-based youth organization located in Durban, South Africa. The DYC aims to empower the youth of Durban through service to the community. The organization has been operational since 1966 and was initially a project of the Junior Chamber South Africa (Durban Chapter). The Council is composed of over 130 grade 11 students from more than 30 schools in the Durban area. The Council is run by a democratic hierarchy of student and governed by an adult steering committee. The Durban Youth Council is not recognized as the official youth city council of Durban About The DYC provides a learning platform for learners to develop their leadership qualities, through actively managing and participating in community based outreach projects. This is in efforts to develop an awareness of the community and uplift and empower the lives of many. Core Operations The Durban Youth Council comprises 130 councilors, who hail from 40 school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is located in the southeast of the country, with a long shoreline on the Indian Ocean and sharing borders with three other provinces and the countries of Mozambique, Eswatini and Lesotho. Its capital is Pietermaritzburg, and its largest city is Durban. It is the second-most populous province in South Africa, with slightly fewer residents than Gauteng. Two areas in KwaZulu-Natal have been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park. These areas are extremely scenic as well as important to the surrounding ecosystems. During the 1830s and early 1840s, the northern part of what is now KwaZulu-Natal was established as the Zulu Kingdom while the southern part was, briefly, the Boer Natalia Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durban High School
Durban High School is an all-boys public school in Durban, South Africa. DHS opened its doors in 1866 in two rooms and with seven pupils in Smith Street. From there it moved to a disused granary in Cato Square in 1880, just after the Zulu War, and then to the Old Hospital on the foreshore. In 1895, it moved up onto the healthier Berea to its present site, where it flourished. The ten acres plot was granted to the School by the Durban Town Council. The first enrolled student was a boy called Eben Coates and he was also the first Head-boy. There is also a related primary school: Durban Preparatory High School. The school has approximately 1000 enrolled students, all boys, and includes a small boarding establishment and over 75 teachers. The headmaster is Mr. Tony Pinheiro. It is the oldest standing school in Durban and one of the oldest in South Africa. Houses There are six houses: * Swales – old gold * Grice – turquoise * Langley – red * Campbell – green * Payn – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westville Girls' High School
Westville Girls' High School,(or WGHS), is a state school, private school for girls in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Classes are split based on the students’ academic ability, in order to help all students achieve their maximum potential. Teaching styles are adapted to learners' needs, and auxiliary lessons (and workshops for grades 10 to 12) are offered in both Mathematics and Physical Science after school. The school offers a variety of subjects to learners when they make their subject choices in Grade 9, and assists with guidance from a career guidance counsellor as well as optional aptitude tests. Elective subjects that are offered include: Business Studies, Physical Science, Life Science, History, Geography, Visual Arts, Dramatic Arts and Accounting. Lessons are taught in English Home Language, but isiZulu and Afrikaans are offered as First Additional languages. The school has an extensive awards policy and recognises certain pupils w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westville Boys' High School
Westville Boys' High School, often referred to as WBHS or "boys high", is a semi-private high school for boys located in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Early history The year 2022 marks the 67th anniversary of WBHS as a high school. The roots of the school can be traced back to 1861, when German immigrant farmers operated a school from a nine by four metre wattle-and-daub structure sited on the main Durban-to- Pietermaritzburg road. They were the first large group of squatters to populate the area, named after Sir Martin West, the first Lieutenant Governor of Natal. The next recorded date of a school in Westville was in March 1935 when the Westville Kindergarten School, a private farm school, first opened its doors. Under the guidance of Miss Gladys Carr, the school eventually outgrew the Church Hall used at the time. In 1941 the school was moved to Bernard's House, an old house situated on the present school site. This residence on of land had been bequeathed by Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas More College (South Africa)
Thomas More College is an independent, co-educational day school located in Kloof, near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. History Thomas More College opened on 1 February 1962 with 55 pupils, all boys. Co-education was not to come for another 14 years. The founder and headmaster was Robin Savory, who wanted to start a Catholic School run by Catholic laity. In this he had the support of Archbishop Denis Hurley. From the start the school had a strong religious element. The school was named after Saint Thomas More at the request of Chris Hurley, co-founder, second headmaster and brother of Archbishop Denis Hurley. The choice of Kloof as the site for the Thomas More School (as it was originally called) was due to the availability of the Great House, and the presence of a small core of likely pupils. However, at the time Kloof was a village with a scattering of shops and what was then a functioning railway station. What today are residential areas were then largely open gras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensburgh Girls' High School
Queensburgh Girls' High School is an all-girls high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ... located on Main Road, Queensburgh, KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa. The school has a high level of academic success. The school was established on 28 January 1969 when it split off from the co-educational Queensburgh High School. Notable alumnae * Mandisa Mfeka - the first South African female fighter pilot References External linksOfficial website Girls' schools in South Africa High schools in South Africa Schools in KwaZulu-Natal Educational institutions established in 1969 1969 establishments in South Africa EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality {{SouthAfrica-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinetown Girls' High School
Pinetown Girls' High School is a public school for girls in Josiah Gumede road (i.e. Old Main Road), Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1955 as Pinetown High School, a co-educational school, at its current site. On January 1, 1978, the boys were split off into Pinetown Boys' High School. The school changed its name to Pinetown Girls' High School, but kept the original school badge and school motto, ''Fortiter in Omne'', which is Latin, and means ''Bravely Into All Things''. The boys' and girls' school are located in close proximity to each other. The two schools also host drama shows annually together, as a joint event. Badge The badge includes the letters PHS (Pinetown High School), which are also used by its brother school, Pinetown Boys' High School, a crown which represents the period when South Africa was part of the British Empire, three pine cones honouring Sir Benjamin Pine, who was instrumental in developing Pinetown when it was still a village, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinetown Boys' High School
Pinetown Boys' High School (also known as Pinetown Boys', or PBHS) is a public school for boys in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. History Pinetown High School was founded in 1955 as a co-educational, dual-medium school. It was sited at the present location of Pinetown Girls' High School in Old Main Road (now Josiah Gumede road) with 120 pupils in Standard 6 and 7 and a staff of 14 under the leadership of Mr. H. E. Wiese, the first headmaster. The badge includes the letters PHS (Pinetown High School), a crown which represents the period when South Africa was part of the British Empire, three pine cones honouring Sir Benjamin Pine, who was instrumental in developing Pinetown when it was still a village, and a book which stands for education. In 1978, Pinetown High School went from co-ed to two separate schools, Pinetown Boys' High School and Pinetown Girls High School. The school has gained a first place in the Natal Matriculation Examinations and has had pupils in the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orient Islamic School
Orient Islamic School is an independent Muslim school situated in Greyville, Durban, South Africa. Orient School is part of the Orient Islamic Educational Institute that was established in 1938. The school was established in 1959 as a state-aided school. In 1998 the school became an independent school. The school currently offers the matriculation through the National Senior Certificate In South Africa, matriculation (or matric) is the final year of high school and the qualification received on graduating from high school, and the minimum university entrance requirements. The first formal examination was conducted in South Africa .... It caters for learners from Grade RR-1 Gallery File:Orient_Islamic School-20140122.jpg, Orient Islamic School in 2014 File:Orient Islamic School from out_side-20140122-00168.jpg, Orient Islamic School from Out Side in 2014 File:Orient Islamic School Entrance Exit on John Zikhali Road-20140122-00164.jpg, Orient Islamic School Entrance / Exit on Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northlands Girls' High School
Northlands Girls High School 'NGHS' is an all-girls school situated in the suburb of Durban North, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the .... It has a strong relationship with its brother school, Northwood School for boys. NGHS, the first secondary school to be built in Durban North. NGHS was originally called Durban North High School. A decision by the Department of Education to separate boys and girls schools in 1953 resulted in the newly formed Northlands Girls' High School and on 1 October 1953 a march by the boys, led by headmaster Percy Hardaker, to take occupancy of the new what was to be known as Northlands Boys' High School whilst the girls lined the route, waving goodbye. The badge of the original school featured a sailing ship. On the separati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maris Stella School
Maris Stella School is a private Roman Catholic day school for girls from three + to eighteen years old (grades 000-12 or pre-primary, primary and secondary phases), located on the Berea in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded on May 22, 1899, by the Holy Family Sisters as a boarding school. It declared a non-racial policy in 1974. It has c. 830 pupils. Retrieved August 24, 2007 The principal is Joan Schmidt. The name of the school, ''Maris Stella'', is , and means ''Star of the sea''. The school motto is ''Suspice confide'', which is Latin, and means ''Look up and trust''. The school's official newsletter is called ''The Anchor''. Notable alumnae ...
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Glenwood High School (South Africa)
Glenwood High School is a public English medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Glenwood in Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The school was established in 1910, as Durban Technical High School, and split with the Technical High School in 1928 to form Glenwood Boys High School. History Establishment The school had its origins with the creation of a small institution called the ''Day Continuation School'' that was located in a double-story building on Smith St in August 1910 with a student roll of 24 boys. In 1915, due to building size limitations, the Day Continuation School moved to the Technical College building and changed its name to ''Durban Technical High School'' which by 1916 had 150 students. Student numbers continued to grow during the First World War and by 1918 there were 267 scholars. In the same year the Natal Provincial Council appointed a commission to investigate the feasibility of expanding the school and the subsequent Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
