David Kaunda National STEM Secondary School,[1] previously Hodgson Technical College, is a government boarding school in Zambia situated in woodlands Prospects Hill or main off Burma Road, along Yotamu Muleya Road.
The school was erected by students and was named after the father to the first republican President of Zambia Reverend David Kaunda who was a missionary and teacher from Nyasaland (now Malawi).
David Kaunda National Technical Secondary School was founded in 1934 as Hodgson Training School[2] 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.
Priority at selection is given to those who wish to pursue studies in science and technical fields such as Engineering and Medicine.