During the struggle for independence, most people in Zambia recall segregation that existed in terms of access to housing and recreation, and social amenities such as schools, hospitals, shops, among other things.
it is easy to see the difference in terms of design and social amenities, Although both sets of infrastructure have had their own share of deterioration over the years.
The School offered subjects such as physics, chemistry and mathematics made tertiary education a less onerous undertaking within the mechanical engineering field.
Regarding the school uniform, long-sleeved white shirts had to be worn full length i.e. it was forbidden to wear the sleeves folded part-way up the forearm.
And in 1964 one still had a handful of girls coming over to the boys’ school, and vice versa, for tuition in particular subjects possibly because of a shortage of teaching staff.
Kitwe Boys’ High School was also well-managed and controlled establishment with strict discipline being the order of the day to which the bulk of the scholars adhered.
Under the government of Kenneth Kaunda School books were issued to the scholars and these had to be covered in brown (butchers) paper to preserve same.
One was punished for non-adherence to this ruling to the extent of two to three strokes of the cane being dispensed to serious defaulters so, needless to say, books were always immaculately covered.