Eendrachtskool

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The Eendrachtskool (or Eendracht Skool) is an educational institution in Pretoria.

The institution

Founded in 1903 as a pre-primary, primary and a high school under the auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church. The primary school began instruction as a bilingual (Dutch and English) primary school in 1904, and in 1905 moved into its first permanent building in Bosman Street in the heart of Pretoria. On the 1 April 1907 the primary school became a government school while the High School amalgamated with Pretoria College in 1910 to become Pretoria Boys High, while the primary school exists to this day - though the name was changed from Laerskool Eendracht to Eendracht Primary in 2016.

In 1938 the a new building was put in service and in

Today Eendracht Primary (the name was changed from Laerskool Eendracht to Eendracht Primary in 2016). Is a dynamic inner-city school that strives for excellene and unity?

As the slogan goes that was also changed from Afikaans “Eendracht maak mag” to English “Unity makes strength”