Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls High School was founded in the 1960s by the late Bishop Caesar Gatimu

Caesar Gatimu

The Right Reverent Caesar Gatimu was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nyeri, Kenya.-Vocation:On 17 March 1947, aged 25, Gatimu was ordained as a priest of the Archdiocese of Nyeri, Kenya....

 and was run by the Comboni mission in Karatina

Karatina

Karatina is a town in Central Province, Kenya. It hosts a municipal council and the headquarters of Mathira East district. Karatina municipality has a total population of 6,852, all classified as urban . Karatina municipality has six electoral wards, all falling in the Mathira Constituency...

, Nyeri

Nyeri

Nyeri is a town in situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya Kenya, which was the administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province...

, Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. It took the name of the area where it was situated, i.e. Ngandu Girls' High School, and the name was later changed to honour its founder. The late Sister Nazarena Zonta and her deputy ran the school until 1983. Lay principals (or headmistresses) have headed the school since.

The school's Old Girls' group is uniting with alumnae to help revamp the school and collect donations. The group visits the school to talk to the student body and offer them career advice and leadership.

Notable alumni

• Amani
  Amani (musician)
  Cecilia Wairimu , better known for her stage name Amani, is a pop musician from Kenya. She has won various awards, including the Best Female category at the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards.- Career :...
  
  (Cecilia Wairimu), musician