Shaaban Robert Secondary School is a co-educational secondary school based in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...

, Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

. The school is named after a Tanzanian poet and author, Shaaban Robert

Robert Bin Shaaban

Shaaban bin Robert, also known as Shaaban Robert , was a Tanzanian poet, author, and essayist who supported the preservation of African verse traditions. He was born in Vibamba in the country's Tanga Region...

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The School is owned by the Dar es Salaam Secondary Education Society. It is run by a Board of Governors and a Management Committee. Sir Chande

Jayantilal Chande

Jayantilal Keshavji "Andy" Chande, KBE is a prominent Tanzanian businessman, philanthropist and a freemason.He is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Shaaban Robert Secondary School and President of the Dar es Salaam Secondary Education Society.He received the President’s Golden Century...

is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the School and President of the Dar es Salaam Secondary Education Society.

The school has about 50 full time teaching staff and offers the following facilities:

• 27 class roomsj
• 5 staff rooms
• 6 Laboratories
• A computer laboratory
• A geography room
• A library
• Teachers' Resource Centre
• A staff refreshment room.
• A multi purpose hall with a seating capacity of 1000 people.
• A sick bay
• An audiovisual room
• A reprographic room
• A basketball, volleyball and tennis court; facilities for badminton and table tennis.
• Football and Hockey ground and a running track.
• A cricket pitch.
• Two canteens

Co - Curricular activities include: Debate, Extempore, Drama, Elocution, Seminars, Field Trips, Quiz Competition and Club Activities including FINE ARTS, french and a lot more.