Henry Henderson Institute (HHI) is an educational establishment in

Blantyre Blantyre is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with a population of 800,264 . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe. It is ...

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

, founded in 1909. It was named in honour of Henry Henderson (1843-91),

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of the

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, who founded the Blantyre Mission. The original foundation included a primary school, a teacher training college, a theological college, and a technical college to teach practical skills such as carpentry, bricklaying and printing. It also served as printer for the Blantyre Mission; producing religious texts, school textbooks, and government and other daily and weekly publications. Later, training in mechanical skills was added to the curriculum. In the late 1950s, a secondary school was opened. HHI is said to have "played a most significant role in religious, educational, and political developments in Malawi". The Institute was in the grounds of

St Michael and All Angels Church, Blantyre St. Michael and All Angels Church is a church that was constructed from 1888 to 1891 of brick at the Blantyre Mission in Blantyre, Malawi. It is located on the original Presbyterian#Africa, Scottish mission site, off Chileka Rd, and is in the C ...

. In 2021 it was announced that the school would close indefinitely as a result of indiscipline.

Alumni

Jonathon Sandaya was educated here from 1913 when George Hall was the head teacher. Rev. Sandaya became the General Secretary of the Blantyre church synod.

References

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