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Thaba jabula secondary school

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The name of the school is thaba jabula secondary school.The name derives from sotho and nguni language meaning happiness.The community expressed their feelings because it was their first secondary school in Klipspruit among 4 primary schools.

The vision of the school:we strive to produce responsible independent balanced individuals and a community of leaders to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

The mission statement of the school:phaphamang(wake up) Work together towards a competitive, productive school that can contribute to economic growth and prosperity to all we seek to: -encourage access to learning opportunities -foster genuine partnerships in education -provide suitable premises and resources for teaching and learning

School location The school is in the Republic of South Africa in gauteng province, district D10 Johannesburg north. It is 3km from Baragwanath Cris Hani hospital and 5km from vilakazi street street where 2 Nobel prize winners used to live i.e.Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela.The Street and surrounding area is a tourist destination to date. The school is within 5km to Kliptown where the freedom charter was drafted in 1956 and the Walter Sisulu square of dedication.Also tourist destinations. From Baragwanath hospital using Cris Hani road to the west on the fourth set of robots,one turns right,and Thaba Jabula is on the right down Mbambisa road.

School history The school was established in 1979 with staff of five, 3 white and 2 black (African) educators, no building yet, reporting/housing in Orlando north high school. Beginning of term two in the same year the school was given five classes in Sithulile primary school presently called Lulama primary school. These were five classes of form 1 learner's who were Xhosa,Sotho, Sepedi groups. In 1980 the school admitted from 1 learner and it had 5 form 1 and 5 form 2 classes.This increased in number lead to housing of the school in Nancecol presently Boipelo district teachers center.By then the school had 8 white and 4 black educators who moved between Nancecol and Sithulile for honouring periods. In 1981 the school officially opened and by then it had form 1,2 and 3 learner's. The first group of form 5(matric learners) was in 1983.The school attracted many learners because had mostly white educators and offered subjects like Typing, music and art.Good results where also an attracting factor to the school. The school is big, it has a hall,library,2 physical sciences laboratories, 2 life sciences laboratories,consumer studies center, nutrition center, 3 book stores, a music room and computer laboratory which has 25 computers. The school never produced results 55% in all years of experience.