Special Devotion Kick Starts 40th Anniversary Celebrations

Celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the LDS Church College began with a special devotion held at the school gymnasium yesterday that was attended by many current and former students, teachers and leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Talica Malani ,a former Principal of the School from 2000 – 2006 shared in her reflections that the school provided an uplifting and well-resourced learning environment for the students along with wholesome development opportunities and a great disciplinary process. The first Head Boy of the school Peter Hussein said that the school had humble beginnings and that history of the College began with the decision to open a Primary school at the LDS Chapel in Devouex Road in 1970. From there students then moved to their Primary School in Samabula. His class was the first lot to go to the LDS Technical College

The LDS Church College was dedicated on 11 July 1976 by the Commissioner of Church Education, Elder Jeffrey R Holland in a special ceremony that was held at the school and attended by the then Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Education, Mr Filipe Bole. 

In a special dedicatory payer of the school Elder Holland asked for blessings the students who study at the school. “Bless them that they will be diligent, that they will work hard, that they will progress and not hide their talents but find and serve and perpetuate them in eternal glory and splendour for thy great glory is intelligence. We bless them to be honest, not only honest in their examinations and in their hearts so they may take rightful positions in the community, to bring peace and prosperity to the nation, honesty and integrity will yet be looked into in government and educational and cultural circles in this island.”

Over 700 people attended this devotion.