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===Construction of the school===
===Construction of the school===
It was bull-dozed down by the resident missionaries. The building materials and equipment were brought in and operated by expert missionaries with the help of the local people. The work was done under very difficult circumstances such as bad road conditions to transport the materials from the Copperbelt every time before the buildings of the school were built.The teachers for the school were drawn from various parts of the world, but they were to be Christians who were called to serve in this part of Africa. On the field, two (2) qualified missionary teachers (one from Mukinge mission Station and the other from Mutanda Mission Station in Solwezi, 160km away) were released from Primary School work to come for this project. Another teacher came from a teacher training college in Zimbabwe (the then Southern Rhodesia). At that time, the Scottish Mission was run by then a young lady who had formerly served in a school for the blind in Malawi. By the Lord’s plan, a missionary on furlough from Zambia presented to her the challenge of this new school. So, Miss Lisbelt Hodnett returned to Africa to head Mukinge Girls’ Secondary School in 1966.
The school was constructed by the resident missionaries with the help of [[Kaonde people|local people]]. The work was done under very difficult circumstances such as bad roads to transport building materials from the [[Copperbelt]].  
 
The school teachers were drawn from various parts of the world, but they were to be Christians called to serve in this part of Africa. On the field, two (2) qualified missionary teachers (one from Mukinge mission Station and the other from Mutanda Mission Station in Solwezi, 160km away) were released from Primary School work to come for this project. Another teacher came from a teacher training college in Zimbabwe (the then Southern Rhodesia). At that time, the Scottish Mission was run by then a young lady who had formerly served in a school for the blind in Malawi. By the Lord’s plan, a missionary on furlough from Zambia presented to her the challenge of this new school. So, Miss Lisbelt Hodnett returned to Africa to head Mukinge Girls’ Secondary School in 1966.


Since then a number of developments have taken place at Mukinge Girls’ secondary School including changes in infrastructure, administration of the School and its teaching staff. Initially, the school was predominantly staffed with missionary teachers (expatriate staff), but gradually a number of Zambian staff were employed to work at the school.For example, the first Zambian teacher came to the school in 1975, namely, Mr. Changula, who acted as Deputy Head Teacher for two years later. In addition to that, a number of graduate Mukinge Girls’ Secondary School came to teach at the school beginning in 1976 so that by 1983, there were five former Mukinge Girls on the teaching staff list one of whom was Mrs. Elaine Queen Sakapaji Changula.
Since then a number of developments have taken place at Mukinge Girls’ secondary School including changes in infrastructure, administration of the School and its teaching staff. Initially, the school was predominantly staffed with missionary teachers (expatriate staff), but gradually a number of Zambian staff were employed to work at the school.For example, the first Zambian teacher came to the school in 1975, namely, Mr. Changula, who acted as Deputy Head Teacher for two years later. In addition to that, a number of graduate Mukinge Girls’ Secondary School came to teach at the school beginning in 1976 so that by 1983, there were five former Mukinge Girls on the teaching staff list one of whom was Mrs. Elaine Queen Sakapaji Changula.
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