Banani International Secondary School
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Banani International Secondary School is a residential
international
girls' secondary school
(grades 8-12) in Chisamba
, Zambia
. The nearest village is Liteta. It is a non-profit institution and follows the principals of the Bahá'í Faith
. It was inaugurated by the William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation under the direction of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Zambia and named after Hand of the Cause Mr. Musa Banani.
and South Africa
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There are efforts to expand student population from the area for "day" students for the secondary, as well as a beginning of a primary school.
The dormitories hold up to 200 students, with a Senior Commons (theater and recording studio), play fields, swimming pool, and a campus store. There are facilities for sport.
Most courses come in two forms - "Core" for average students, and "Supplemental" for advanced students. The school offers Junior Youth Groups where students are placed into different groups to discuss their lives. Each group is run by an annimator who is a girl in senior grades and the other members are junior girls.
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The website African Almanac has reviewed schools in Africa and posted a Top 100 Schools and lists the Banani School as the #93 secondary school for 2003.
There is an annual conference of primary school teachers at the school coordinated by Independent School Association of Zambia (ISAZ)
Boarding school
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international
International school
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girls' secondary school
Secondary school
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(grades 8-12) in Chisamba
Chisamba
Chisamba is a Zambian electoral constituency, located in Chibombo, Central Province. It is currently represented by former deputy minister of Lands Moses Muteteka in the National Assembly of Zambia.*...
, Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
. The nearest village is Liteta. It is a non-profit institution and follows the principals of the Bahá'í Faith
Bahá'í Faith
The Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are an estimated five to six million Bahá'ís around the world in more than 200 countries and territories....
. It was inaugurated by the William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation under the direction of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Zambia and named after Hand of the Cause Mr. Musa Banani.
School Motto
"Let your vision be world embracing, rather than confined to your own self." Bahá'u'lláh (Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 87)History
Planning began in 1987 for the school, and construction began in 1990. The school opened with 65 students in 1993. It was inaugurated in 1996 with over 100 students, by the Minister of Education, Hon. A. Hambayi, in conjunction with officers of the Bahá’í International Community like Kiser Barnes, Firaydoun Javaheri and others including supporters from AustriaAustria
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and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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There are efforts to expand student population from the area for "day" students for the secondary, as well as a beginning of a primary school.
Facilities
Instructional areas include eight classrooms, a science laboratory, a 30-station computer lab, agricultural areas, and library.The dormitories hold up to 200 students, with a Senior Commons (theater and recording studio), play fields, swimming pool, and a campus store. There are facilities for sport.
Programme
Courses offered include:- Additional MathematicsAdditional MathematicsAdditional Mathematics is a UK qualification pilot scheme in its final year of implementation for a GCSE level qualification in mathematics which is applied to a range of problems set out in a different format to the standard Mathematics GCSE...
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- Character DevelopmentCharacter developmentCharacter development may refer to:* The change in characterization of a dynamic character, who changes over the course of a narrative.* Character creation, especially for games...
- ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
- EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
- FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
- GeographyGeographyGeography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
- HistoryHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
- MathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
- PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
- World Religions
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- Physical EducationPhysical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
- Computer Studies
- Information TechnologyInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
Most courses come in two forms - "Core" for average students, and "Supplemental" for advanced students. The school offers Junior Youth Groups where students are placed into different groups to discuss their lives. Each group is run by an annimator who is a girl in senior grades and the other members are junior girls.
Accreditation and awards
The Zambian Ministry of Education syllabus is used for Grades 8 and 9 who then write the Junior Secondary School Leaving Exams at the end of Grade 9. Grade 10 is a preparatory year and introduction to the Grade 11-12 University of Cambridge syllabus which provides students with an International General Certificate of Secondary Education or the more advanced Cambridge IT Skills DiplomaCambridge IT Skills Diploma
The Cambridge IT Skills Diploma is a certificate that is based on the Microsoft Office software, this certificate assesses a range of the most important IT skills required and is available at two levels: Foundation and Standard.- Exam methodology :...
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The website African Almanac has reviewed schools in Africa and posted a Top 100 Schools and lists the Banani School as the #93 secondary school for 2003.
There is an annual conference of primary school teachers at the school coordinated by Independent School Association of Zambia (ISAZ)