FORMER Hillcrest National Technical Secondary School pupils have donated K30, 000 worth of electronic and electrical appliances to their former school.
Chairperson for the class of 1995 Hillcrest Secondary School pupils, Jonathan Chinyama said the K30,000 was sourced from former pupils across the nation who were eager to contribute towards the enhancement of quality education at the learning institution.
Speaking in Livingstone on Saturday after making the donation, Mr Chinyama said the contributions made by the former pupils were part of their 20th anniversary activities to celebrate the years spent at Hillcrest National Technical Secondary school.
“As we celebrate our 20th Anniversary, we thought we give back to the school that has made us who we are today. That is why is why we are here to donate two Air Conditioned units, two desktop computers and a projector,” he said.
He said the items were bought after wider consultations with the school authorities who categorically stated their needs.
And Hillcrest National Technical Secondary school head teacher Amos Makasa said the school was really aging and needed a lot of repair works.
Mr Makasa the school could only keep its standards high, if the environment was conducive.
“It is great to do something about your former school. The school is really aging and is now 60 years old since it was opened and needs a lot of repair works and capital injection.
“We can only keep the standards high if the environment is conducive, the hostels need a complete overhaul as we have only been able to rehabilitate four hostels,” he said.
He said the school needed help in areas of infrastructure and learning materials which needed urgent attention.
The school head teacher told the former pupils that despite the challenges, the school was doing well academically, with over 100 pupils getting six points during the previous national examinations.
The former pupils also held motivational talks for current pupils in the school hall.
They urged current students to study hard and contribute positively to the growth of the economy.
let us by our deeds be judged!!!!
I also far away i wish i could have contributed…. thats the school we were so proud of when i was there.
Well done keep up the Good work That’s the way to go and appreciate.
Great Job I was so sad at the state of the school that produces the best results its so heartbreaking.
Great job guys lets keep it up. I guess our next move is to incorporate each and every former student to be on board and not only class of 95, However small the contribution was, am happy it was received well by the school. Bravo sugo 95!
Hey imwe, nga Ba Sugo 90, kuti twa donator-ko shani naifwe?
Well done!
If it was devised that how much one donate to their former school and/or other government infrastructure would be reimbursed from taxes I guess many more people would join such gestures just to ensure part of their tax has gone to what they care for.
Nevers Mumba can only be a done his speciality or may donate MMD presidency for cash.
This is a great job by the class of 1995. What the headteacher said is an understatement. Things have deteriorated at the school. For instance the swimming pool and other sports facilities have been completely rundown. The disappointment is worse if one was a pupil there in the 1970s and earlier. All the same the current pupils and teachers must be commended for doing their best under such trying circumstances.
I totally agree with you. My son is a grade 8 there I visited him 2 weeks ago I was so heartbroken by what I saw my first thought was to come back with him to Lusaka and look for an alternative school but then again he worked so hard to be placed at Hillcrest ever since I came back to Lusaka Ive been trying to work on one or two things to help out the school. Their is alot of work to be done let’s put our heads together we make Hillcrest a better place
Meant donee as all his life has only been receiving church offerings, we are yet to know Nevers’ work experience ehere he earned a wage.
This is one of the many things that we can do together without any trace of tribalism and politics. I was at KABULONGA boys school 1979 to1973 and have been wanting to hear from those who graduated in that year especially those who were in form 5T.
By the way, how many of us know that Kabulonga boys was called Gilbert Rein Secondary School and the girls school was Jean Rein.
Did you know Mr. PAUL Doraisamy? He was an English teacher at Kabulonga.
in those days, we had DK and hilcrest. wonder why DK is still well looked after
Well done Sugo of 95. I wish these guys like Dr. Teddy Mulenga who just love yapping can take a leaf from this. The rabb hall is a mess. The national school needs a serious touch.
I applause the gesture by the group that made a donation. Well done. I share alot of the sentiments expressed on this thread. I was at Hillcrest with my family in November 2015. I was so excited to show my daughter, son and nephew my former school but got a shocker. Nineteen years on, the school is an isle and not fit for a secondary school let alone a national school! I identified a lot of chairs and tables in B1 while the bunk beds are broken. I was greeted by a similar site at my other former school, Mkushi Secondary, three years ago. The two schools speak volumes about the state of education in our public schools. They are all run down!
That is why the problem requires a wholesale solution at national level as opposed to fragmented handouts. Furthermore, provided the over ZMW6bn…
Great job. This is what we should be doing to our former schools.
Weldone guyz. Sugo 95 leading by exmple
Anyone who has never been to DK or Hillcrest isn’t intelligent
Alehandra. You have made my day. Fortunately I have six ma ex DKheads/Maramba boys reporting to me. They are good boys but one is a proper Chakolwa. He must have been living near Linda Secondary. I was at one of the best Catholic secondary school and these boys are complimenting my brains…. Happy womens day. hahahahahahahakekekekekekekikikikiki
Boss that isn’t true please, don’t insult innocent people for not having been to Hillcrest. There are a lot of ifipuba from the same school you are bragging about. The topic here is straight forward, it’s about giving back to our former school and not about showing off, of who went to Hillcrest and who did not. I went to that school from 1982 – 1986 and our head teacher was Mr. John Siamutondo but that is not important. What is important is to answer, to the call of giving back to the school. Instead of giving back you are now bragging about your having been to Hillcrest. It really shameful.
@kapoma Kabaso…. I see a lot of humour in Alehandra’s comment. we can laugh and forget about politics for a while.
How I wish we as much as possible and whenever possible looked at out ability to sustain our societies and left government look at their priority programs. I think that as citizens we can do a lot. The problem is we are too politicised. We believe the government must provide everything and this is not and it’s clear that it will never be possible whoch ever party rules.
Imagine what we could do as a nation if we said all the pipo that passed through Hillcrest Tech Sec School to contribute not le’s than k500.00? Cant we refurbish the whole school? This idea replicated to every school, wouldn’t have better schools for kids in Zambia?
Sorry for some errors in my post above .
Comment: Ex Monze Secondary School students learn from this excellent move by your friends. I had posted on my Facebook page calling them to consider “dying a little” for our school and pay back, only one ex student expressed interest, The rest grew cold feet. I am now considering going it solo. I am indebted to our secondary. I have been there three times. It requires our support. If u are ex Monze or u know of any ex Monze secondary student, please get in touch with me on 0977635394 or on emai: [email protected]
School pride is good.If you did not go to Hill crest Secondary School then you cannot be intelligent.Period.Intelligence doesn’t grow with age.You are born with it.We are talking about when there were real exams. NO exam paper leakages.This started when the exams were set by the local Examination Council of Zambia.The intension was good but corruption crept in.People connected with setting up exams started selling the exam papers.This has eroded the whole secondary school examination system.Cambridge University conducted fool proof Examination in Zambian secondary schools for many years. This was a golden age for quality education in Zambia.Minister in charge of education do something about the poor quality of exams in Zambia where people with money can buy exam papers before exam…