Fidel Castro Secondary School is a secondary school located in

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village in the district of

Chake-Chake Chake-Chake is a town located on the Tanzanian island of Pemba and capital of Chake Chake District. It is in the centre of a deep indentation in the west coast called Chake-Chake Bay. Chake-Chake is historically the capital of Pemba Island ...

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. It was built in 1963 under Sultanate of Zanzibar and by that time was known as Sayyid Khalifa Secondary School to Honour The 9th sultan of Zanzibar Sir Seyyid Khalifa bin Haroub Al-busaidy. It was later changed to Fidel Castro Secondary School after

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that threw the sultan and led to People's Republic of Zanzibar. The school was once the only secondary school with students from Form 1 to Form 3 in all the districts of Pemba. Form 4 was introduced and eliminated the need for students who graduate there to go to

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for Form 4 and A level studies. Later on the school was further expanded to include A level which further eliminated the need for students to go to Lumumba Secondary School in Unguja. The Fidel Castro Secondary School remained the only high school on Pemba Island until recently when other high schools were opened in Pemba. Though it still remain the only high school in Pemba which offer science subjects. It is one of three secondary schools in Zanzibar offering advanced secondary education. In 2009, US Embassy

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Larry André donated 500 textbooks to the school on the behalf of the US Government.

Notable alumni

* Ali Khamis Seif, member of the

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, attended the school. *

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2nd Vice President of Zanziba

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Notable alumni

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