HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The name of the school is Gabane Junior Secondary School, named after the village (from Gabanne Gabana- Kgosi of the Bamalete Tribe). The school started in 1986 with a roll of about one hundred and forty students from Gabane and surrounding villages. By then there were two blocks of the classrooms each built by the community, and it was headed by Mrs. B. Chalegwa.
The year 1988 marked the official opening of the school which had four more classrooms. An administration block, the library, and a science room were built. Currently, the school has a capacity of eighteen streams with eighteen base classrooms, two science rooms, a hall with a kitchen. Home Economics and Design and Technology laboratories also comprise the pavilion, the machine room and there are also Art and Computer laboratories together with the Business Studies laboratory. The school has the capacity to enroll 720 students.
SITE
The school rests on the eastern side of the village. It is situated along the Gaborone - Kanye main road by the junction branching into the village of Gabane.
THE EMBLEM
The emblem is a conglomeration of the ideas from both students and staff of Gabane JSS. This is a sign of co-operation, the will to work hard and forge ahead for a brighter future.
This is the very theme behind the emblem, hence the phrase; MOFUFUTSO GO JEWA WA PHATLA.