Maun Senior Secondary School
Maun Senior Secondary School is a government-run boarding school located in Maun, Botswana, the fifth largest town in Botswana. It was the first secondary school in the district.
History
Establishment
Missionaries from the United Congregation Church of Southern Africa founded the school in 1970. The first class contained 70 students. In 2017, 2,000 students attended the school.
Special Education: the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The school admitted its first cohort of deaf students in 2004.
In 2012, a fire damaged several school classrooms, including the original classroom built in 1970. Persons claiming to be students of the school set the fire as a means to pressure the administration to terminate the employment of male teaching staff they reported were involved in love affairs with female students. This caused such panic among students, especially those in boarding, as to precipitate the temporary shutdown of the school.
Multiple Pathways
In 2021, the school adopted the Multiple Pathways approach, with support from the European Union Technical Vocational Education and Training programme. This approach integrates technical education into the students' general education curriculum. It was strategically deployed as Maun is a tourism hub, often referred to as the tourism capital of Botswana.
Athletics
Maun Secondary has traditionally performed well at the Botswana Independent Sports Association finals, winning 31 medals in 2019 and several of its students have set national records at the finals event.