Nyeri High School

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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 gained notoriety for student unrest, culminating in the deaths of four school prefects in a fire caused by student arson [2] and was followed a few years later by a student strike that led to an official government inquiry into the school's management. [3]

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In 2006, Nyeri High School was ranked the 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, along 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, it had developed into a full high school offering both O-Level and A-Level certificates.[ citation needed ]

Notable alumni

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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