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{{Infobox school
|name = David Kaunda Technical High School
|image = Dk 9.jpg
|motto =  Diligence and Dignity
|type = [[Government school|Government]]
|Opened = {{start date and age|1934}}
|students = 800+
| grades            = 10 - 12
| campus            = 1
|city = [[Lusaka]]
|country = [[Zambia]]
|colors = {{color box| white }}{{color box| black}}
|website= [http://www.dkhighschool.net/ Official Website]
}}
'''David Kaunda National Technical High School''',<ref>{{cite web|title= David Kaunda National Technical High School |url= http://www.dkhighschool.net/profile/ |publisher= DK HIGH School Website |accessdate= 7 March 2016}}</ref> also known as '''DK High School''', is a Government Boarding  School in [[Zambia]] situated in woodlands Prospects Hill or main off Burma Road, along Yotamu Muleya road. The school was initially founded in the year 1934.  The school was erected by students and was named after the father to the [[Kenneth Kaunda|first republican]] [[President of Zambia]] Reverend David Kaunda who was a missionary and teacher from Nyasaland (now Malawi)

==History==
[[File:Fredrick Hodgson.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left]]
David Kaunda National Technical High School was founded in 1924 <ref>{{cite web|title= David Kaunda National Technical High School Profile | url= http://educationinzambia.com/index.php/2012-05-18-13-16-36/lusaka-province/12-david-kaunda-national-technical-high-school |publisher= Education In Zambia |accessdate= 7 March 2016}}</ref> by the British Colonial Government,  with Mr. F. Hodgson as the first principal. It was opened to meet the needs of children of soldiers of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment as a Trades School under the name Hodgson Training School to provide a variety of courses including carpentry, plumbing, brick-laying, metal craft, metal work and leather work.

The school's name was changed to David Kaunda Secondary Technical School to offer senior secondary school education up to the 'A' levels in 1965. It was a a boys school until 1993, when the school opened its doors to the first girls and has hitherto been a co-education boarding school. In 1995, the first grade 12 girl students graduated.

In 1999, the school's name, David Kaunda Secondary Technical School, was changed again to the present David Kaunda national Technical High School.

==Mode Of Selection==
David Kaunda national Technical High School attracts high performing pupils across Zambia. Candidates who are selected to the school are those who have just completed their Junior secondary school education from all of Zambia's [[Provinces of Zambia|10 provinces]]. Priority at selection is given to those who wish to pursue studies in science and technical fields such as Engineering and Medicine.

==References==
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==See also==
*[[:Category:Schools in Lusaka|Schools in Lusaka]]

{{Schools in Lusaka}}

[[Category:Schools in Zambia]]
[[Category:Schools in Lusaka]]