Hillcrest Technical Secondary School

Hillcrest National STEM Secondary School
Front gate in March 2025
Location
Hillcrest Livingstone , Southern Zambia
Coordinates	17°49′S25°51′E / 17.817°S 25.850°E / -17.817; 25.850
Information
Type	Government
Motto	Let us by our deeds be judged
Opened	1956
Grades	8 - 12
Number of students	1500
Campus	1
Color(s)	Navy blue, grey, white

Hillcrest National STEM Secondary School (formerly known as Hillcrest National Technical Secondary School) is a Government High School running from Grade Eight (8) to Grade Twelve (12). ^[1] The school is located in Livingstone, Zambia, and was established in 1956. ^{[2] [3]} It is one of the biggest schools in the country selecting students from all provinces in Zambia. The school offers both O Level and A Level education and is a boys school, formerly co-education but reverted to single sex in 2021.

Notable alumni

• Chimwemwe Chihana-Mtawali, a singer-songwriter
• Kan 2, a singer-songwriter
• Nevers Mumba, Former Vice President of the Republic of Zambia.

References

1. "Schools in Livingstone, Zambia". Zambia Yp. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
2. Simbeye, Bennet (6 March 2016). "Ex-Hillcrest pupils give back to school". Times of Zambia. Retrieved 5 August 2018. The school is really aging and is now 60 years old and it needs a lot of repairs and capital injection.
3. "Hillcrest National Technical High School". Find Glocal. Retrieved 5 August 2018. Hillcrest is a National Technical High School in Livingstone, Zambia. It is one of the oldest schools in the country having opened its first door in 1956