Tororo Girls Secondary School, commonly known as Tororo Girls School (TGS), is an all-girls boarding school covering grades 8 -13 in the
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Uganda
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.
Location
TGS is in the town of
Tororo
Tororo is a town in the Eastern Region, Uganda, Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Tororo District.
History
Tororo was garrisoned by the Uganda Army (1971–1980), Uganda Army's Air an ...
, about southeast of the town's
central business district
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. This is appro , by road, east of
Kampala
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, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the school campus are 0°39'57.0"N, 34°11'21.0"E (Latitude:0.665833; Longitude:34.189167).
Notable alumni
Some of the notable women who have attended TGS include the following:
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Jennifer Musisi
Jennifer Semakula Musisi (born c. 1965) is a Ugandan lawyer, public administrator, and academic. She gained prominence as the first Executive Director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) from 2011 to 2018, where she spearheaded signif ...
: Lawyer and administrator. First
executive director of the
Kampala Capital City Authority
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, from 2011 until 15 December 2018.
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Beatrice Wabudeya
Beatrice Mukaye Wabudeya is a Ugandan veterinarian and politician. She is the former Minister for Kampala Capital City Authority ( KCCA), in the Ugandan Cabinet, from 17 March 2011 until 27 May 2011. Prior to that, she served as the Minister ...
: Veterinary doctor, politician.
*
Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny: Politician. She is the
State Minister for Northern Uganda in the Ugandan Cabinet.
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Ruth Doreen Mutebe
Ruth Doreen Mutebe is a Ugandan accountant, businesswoman, and corporate executive, who serves as the Head of Internal Audit at Umeme Limited, the largest distributor of electric power in Uganda.
Background and education
She was born in Ugan ...
: Accountant/Auditor. Head of Audit at
Umeme Limited (2018 - present).
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Esta Nambayo
Esta Nambayo is a Ugandan lawyer and judge who was appointed to the High Court of Uganda on 4 October 2019.
Before that, from 27 August 2018 until 4 October 2019, she served as the Chief Registrar of the Courts of Judicature in Uganda. In tha ...
: Lawyer and judge.
*
Christine Alalo
Christine Alalo (21 March 1970 – 10 March 2019) was a Ugandan peacekeeper and police commissioner, who received the EU Human Rights Defenders Award in 2014. She was one of the passengers killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
...
: Peacekeeper.
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Rachael Magoola
Rachael Magoola is a Ugandan singer, songwriter, dancer, and politician. She is one of the members of Afrigo Band. In the 2021 general election she was elected to Parliament, as the women's representative in Bugweri District, for the National ...
: Singer, songwriter and dancer.
*
Agnes Ameede
Agnes Ameede (born 12 June 1970) is a Ugandan politician who serves as the elected Member of Parliament for Pallisa District Women in the 10th Ugandan Parliament (20162021).
Early life and education
Agnes Ameede was born in Pallisa District, ...
: Politician
Notable faculty
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Namirembe Bitamazire: Former
Minister of Education
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in the
Cabinet of Uganda
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Accor ...
. She served as the principal of TGS from 1971 until 1974.
See also
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Education in Uganda
The system of education in Uganda has a structure of 7 years of primary education, 6 years of secondary education (divided into 4 years of lower secondary and 2 years of upper secondary school), and 3 to 5 years of post-secondary education. Educa ...
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List of schools in Uganda
This is a list of notable schools in the African country of Uganda.
Primary and secondary schools
Primary schools and secondary schools include:
A–M
* Bugulumbya Secondary School
* Busaana Modern Academy – Bugerere
*St.Gerilald's Col ...
References
External links
Official Website of Tororo Girls School
{{Tororo District
Educational institutions established in 1960
Girls' schools in Uganda
Tororo District
1960 establishments in Uganda
Boarding schools in Uganda