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Update on Top 10 Best Secondary Schools in Namibia 2017

8. Concordia College

Best Namibian Secondary School

Concordia CollegeĀ is a school inĀ Windhoek, the capital ofĀ Namibia. It is situated on Windhoek’s Hochland Road between suburbs ofĀ Rocky CrestĀ andĀ Hochland Park. The school facility was privately owned byĀ Consolidated Diamond MinesĀ (CDM, now Namdeb), the Namibian subsidiary ofĀ De Beers.

The school was expected to provide education for children judged highly intelligent, with the aim of providing a pool of youths to be educated as teachers. It was operated by the then colonial administration of Namibia. It was the first multi-racial state-operated school in Namibia. Establishment of the facility by De Beers was reflected in the school’s diamond-shaped logo. After independence the school was donated toĀ Government of Namibia. The requirement of an IQ test as a prerequisite for admission was abandoned in 1993.