Nyeri High School, also known as Nyeri High, is a boys boarding school situated in Nyeri, Kenya near Mathari Consolata Mission Hospital, which provides secondary education as stipulated by the 8-4-4 Curriculum. Despite being acknowledged as an academic giant in the region,[1] the school has also developed a notoriety for student unrest culminating in the death of four school prefects in a fire caused by student arson[2] and followed a few years later by a student strike that led to an official government inquiry into the running of the school.[3]

In 2006, Nyeri High School was ranked 22nd best high school in Kenya based on Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education results.[4]

History

The present Nyeri High school was founded in 1907 as a primary school together with the neighbouring St. Paul Seminary and the Mathari Mission Hospital by the Consolata Missionary Sisters on a parcel of land acquired from a local chief a few years earlier. In the 1930s the school began offering K.A.P.E certificates and by the time Kenya gained its political independence in 1963, had developed into a full high school offering both O-Level and A-Level certificates.

Notable alumni

  • Joseph Gethenji - former MP Tetu constituency
  • Mwangi Githaiga, CEO & MD KWFT Bank
  • Amb. Isaiya Kaberia, Kenya's High commissioner to Australia
  • Ngata Kariuki, former MP Kerugoya Central & CEO Sarova Group of Hotels
  • Godfrey Kiruhi, proprietor, Outspan Hospital, Nyeri
  • Andrew Karuga Maina, Managing Director, Histoto Ltd
  • James Kigwa Maina, current school principal
  • Reagan Orina Momanyi, President Student Union of Egerton University 2018. Politician from Nyamira County.
  • Gitonga Muchiri
  • Charles Mutua Mulwa, Lecturer, Kenyatta University
  • Babu Muraya, Country Manager, Tuk Tuk Media
  • Karega Mutahi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government
  • Kijana Steve Maina Nderi, Party Leader, Empowerment and Liberation Party, ELP.
  • Peter Ndiang'ui, Country Manager, OLX
  • James Wagema Ruitha, Managing Director, National Housing Corporation (NHC)
  • Ngunjiri Martin Deric Wambugu, current Member of Parliament (MP), Nyeri Town

References

  1. http://allafrica.com/stories/200802291039.html, Kenya: Murang'a, Nyeri High Schools Lead, AllAffrica.com
  2. http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/17072000/Features/Features4.html, Winston J. Akala, A long history of pupils' discontent and strikes, Daily Nation
  3. http://allafrica.com/stories/10020231.html%5B%5D, Kenya: Ministry Officials Probe Nyeri High School Riots AllAfrica.com
  4. The Standard, March 1, 2007: Top 100 Schools Overall

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