Baobab Secondary School - Facilities and Location

The School, Facilities and Location

BSS classrooms

BBS domitories

BSS computer classrooms

Baobab Secondary School was officially inaugurated by The President of United Republic of Tanzania His Excellency, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete on Saturday 10th March 2007. After official opening he officiated the 1st form six graduation.

Baobab Secondary School is a campus style, girls boarding establishment opened to the public on 15th January 2005, by enrolling Form I students and in March 2006 enrolled its first Form V students.

The school has been specially designed by top architects and built to the highest construction standards. The spacious eighteen-acre campus is situated immediately adjacent to the Dar Es Salaam-Bagamoyo road. It is approximately 40 kilometres from Dar and 30 kilometres from Bagamoyo.

BSS takes care to minimise the stress of the first time girl student boarder by providing a high degree of security, comfort and good food. These three things, we believe, are essential for any good learning environment. The Baobab Secondary School is aware of and sensitive to the problems and barriers girls face during their secondary education. So the school buildings and curriculum have been designed to give them maximum educational opportunities in a secure, calm and sheltered environment.

The Campus

BSS stands in the vicinity of a huge, ancient Baobab tree, that lends its name to the school. Campus buildings currently comprise:

- A two-storey, Academic Block with north and south wings containing 12 spacious teaching classrooms, 2 rooms each containing 7 toilets for students and two rooms for female and male teachers toilet respectively;

- A two-storey Hall of Residence with west and east blocks containing 8 houses named after prominent ladies in the country 1) Maria Nyerere, 2) Getrude Mongela, 3) Kate Kamba, 4) Anna Mkapa, 5) Sofia Kawawa 6) Salma Kikwete, 7) Asha Rose Migiro, 8) Prof. Anna Tibaijuka.

Each house contains 9 cubicles, and each cubicle can accommodate 6 students. The total capacity available at the school is 432 student boarders;

- Administrative Block housing administration office and a computer suite;

- A single storey building for Physics, Chemistry and Biology laboratories;

- 6 Single storey Staff Residential buildings with a capacity of housing 19 teachers;

- Multi-functional Refectory/Dining Hall with a capacity of 500 students;

- A two-storey community service block, accommodating on the ground floor, front view, a school tuck shop, a boardroom, school managers office, and a stationery store. On the rear side the block houses a school dry ration store, a barbershop, and a tailoring mart; and on the western side of the building there are 2 modern toilets for ladies and gents for servicing the refectory/multi purpose hall. On the second storey lies a self contained rest house with two rooms, a lounge and toilet. This facility will cater for school visitors, volunteers, and intern teachers;

- A single storey block for accommodating the residential quarters for matron, librarian, a rest room for sick students and dormitory;

- A chain of single storey blocks at (nick named Kandahari area) for accommodating junior staff the cooks, drivers, watchmen, garden attendants, poultry, cow, goats, sheep attendants;

- A two-storey building for school manager's residence; and

- Under construction is canteen building for training hospitality class.

Location