Nyeri High School, also known as Nyeri High, is a boys boarding school

Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...

 situated in 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

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 near Mathari Consolata Mission Hospital which provides secondary education according to the 8-4-4 Curriculum. Despite being acknowledged as an academic giant in the region, 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 and followed a few years later by a student strike that led to an official government inquiry into the running of the school.

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

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

KCSE stands for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, which is taken at the completion of Secondary Education.The first KCSE exam was held in 1989 at the same time as the last Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education , which it replaced as the entrance requirement for Kenyan Universities.The...

 results.

History

The present Nyeri High school was founded in 1907 as a primary school together with the neighboring 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

• Mwai Kibaki
  Mwai Kibaki
  Mwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...
  
  , President of the Republic of Kenya, Member of Parliament, Othaya Constituency
• Joseph J. Kamotho, former Member of Parliament for Mathioya and Former Minister of Education
• John Njoroge Michuki, Minister for Environment, Republic of Kenya, Member of Parliament, Kangema Constituency
• Karega Mutahi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government
• Bonaya Godana
  Bonaya Godana
  Bonaya Adhi Godana was the foreign minister of Kenya from January 1998 until 2001....
  
  , former Member of Parliament for North Horr,
• Koigi Wamwere, former Member of parliament for Nakuru North (formerly Subukia)
• Musikari Kombo
  Musikari Kombo
  Musikari Nazi Kombo in Bungoma District is a Kenyan politician and currently serves as a nominated Member of Parliament. He joined Misikhu Primary School for his elementary education, then proceeded to Rakwaro Primary School, and finally moving to Mumias where he completed his primary education...
  
  , nominated Member of Parliament
• Samuel K. Nderitu, current principal
• James Wagema Ruitha, Managing Director, National Housing Corporation (NHC)

External links

• Nyeri High School Website