Ngara Girls' High School is a girls'
secondary boarding school in
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper h ...
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Kenya
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History and operations
It opened in January 1957 as a mixed-sex secondary school for
Indian-Kenyan students. It served Nairobi neighbourhoods of
Ngara
Ngara, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a small town in Ngara District, Kagera Region, in Tanzania, East Africa.
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and
Parklands.
In 1962, male students were transferred out, making the school girls' only; boys who previously attended the school began attending
Highway Secondary School in
South B
South B is an estate based in Makadara Division in Nairobi, Kenya. It consists of middle class houses ranging from the tiled roofed Plainsview Estate to the metal roofed Mariakani Estate. also it has Diamond Park I and Diamond Park II Estate in li ...
, Nairobi.
The school opened to students of all races after 1964, when racial segregation in schooling ended.
In 2004, the school's boarding facilities opened. The funding came from a 1996
Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF) grant.
Home
Archive
. Ngara Girls' High School. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
Notable staff
* Margaret Kobia
See also
* Education in Kenya
Education in Kenya refers to the education system in Kenya. It is considered a basic right that should be offered to every individual. Education in Kenya predates to as early as the 18th century among the Swahili people. The earliest school wa ...
* List of boarding schools
* List of schools in Kenya
This is a list of notable schools in Kenya.
Primary schools
Primary schools in Kenya may be designated as follows:
* DEB indicating that they were founded by the now abolished District Education Boards, hence were public schools from the start.
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* Women in Kenya
References
External links
* , the school's official website
1957 establishments in Kenya
Asian-Kenyan culture in Nairobi
Boarding schools in Kenya
Educational institutions established in 1957
Girls' schools in Kenya
Indian-Kenyan culture
Schools in Nairobi
High schools and secondary schools in Kenya
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