Highway Secondary School

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Highway Secondary School
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Form IV block at Highway Secondary School
Location
Highway Secondary School
Coordinates 1°19′03″S36°50′13″E / 1.317529°S 36.836854°E / -1.317529; 36.836854
Information
MottoWith Pride and Dignity, Endeavour to Excel
Established19 February 1962
GenderBoys
Houses4
Colour Ultramarine  
Website www.highwaysecondary.sc.ke

The Highway Secondary is a public boys' boarding school located in Nairobi's South B suburb, Kenya. [1] The school is named for the Mombasa Highway that runs along the school's southern perimeter. The school is classified as an Extra County school.

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History

The school was created as an Asian school for O-level boys and co-ed A-level (girls and boys) on 19 February 1962.[ citation needed ] This was concurrent with the conversion of Ngara Girls' High School a boy's and girls school into an all-girls school. [1] The headmaster along with all the male teaching staff and the boys were moved to the site of the present school location.[ citation needed ]

The school was officially inaugurated by Hon. Lawrence G. Sagini, Minister of Education. In 1963 the school enrolled its first four black students. [2] The school is currently headed by Principal P.Irungu Nduati and deputy principal Mrs Mwaura .In 2022 after winning the East Africa school soccer games, the school qualified for the International School Football games that will be held in Morocco. This being the first time Kenya in being represented in the world games.

Headmasters

Chairmen of Board of Governors

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 "Home" (Archive). Ngara Girls' High School. Retrieved on May 29, 2014.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2022-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Sameer Group of Companies". www.sameer-group.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.