Mang'u High School is the Kenya Catholic School of Kenya founded in 1925, located in Kiambu County along Nairobi-Thika Highway six kilometers from Thika, Kenya. Mang'u Middle School is ranked among the top national schools in Kenya Secondary Education Certificate and has many prominent alumni including one Kenyan president and several vice presidents.
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Schools recognize smart students from financially challenged backgrounds that lead to the lack of funds available for development. However, schools have obtained additional funding from the government.
In June 2011, the school was hit by a storm that damaged the kitchen and dining room, knocking down power supplies for some time.
Kenya Airways offered to pay the full amount for 40 computers to set up two computer labs: one for all students and one special for the Aviation Technology program.
On May 16, 2011, the French Ambassador to Kenya, Etienne de Poncins and the Ministry of Education, launched the French Language Resource Center at Mang'u Middle School.
The school also leads in an effort to become green by using Biogas energy. Waste from the agencies is collected in three different digester tanks and then piped over 3 km to the gas chamber where the gas is collected. This is then used to power the generator used in the school.
Amenities included
- one volleyball field
- two rugby pitches
- two basketball courts
- one football field
- one hockey field
- no athletic track
- one swimming pool
- one table tennis
- one handball field
- twelve dorms (Ronald Ngala, Schneider, Kimathi, Kenyatta, Tom Mboya, FR.Edwards, Old Boys, Cardinal Otunga, Arch.Ndingi, BRO.Raymond, Michuki1 and Michuki2)
- three science labs
- one chapel (installed in 2002)
- one computer lab
- a multipurpose hall
- agricultural areas and milk facilities
- Power Mechanics and Electrical Workshop
- Aviation workshop.
Academics
In 1951, Mang'u Secondary School became the first African school in East Africa to have a complete science course in physics, chemistry, and biology.
Mang'u High School is ranked among the top national schools in Kenya Secondary Certificate of Education. In 1989 and 2007, Mang'u Secondary School was ranked first nationally in Kenya's Secondary Education Certificate and led the country in a national examination.
The school also hosts the Moi National Mathematics Contest, an exam prepared by teachers of Mang'u High School that brings together students from every secondary school in Kenya. The contest started in 1996 with 19 schools and increased to 74 schools in 1999. The number of participating students also increased from 278 to 1,200 in the same period. The National Mathematics contest has gained fame as a competitive and challenging mathematics exam that prepares students for Kenya Secondary Education Certificate. The school also hosts the Science Congress and the Aviation Symposium every year.
Reception
The school is highly selective, with only the best performing students in Kenya Basic Education Certificate being offered. After applying, students must submit a cover letter either from their local head, pastor or father in charge of their parish/mission and letter from their primary school principal. This is to ensure only disciplined students are recognized to maintain school standards.
There is controversy in the past where powerful politicians secure a place for their children even though they do not perform well. In 2001, the students went on strike to protest the forced transfer of Principal Paul Agali Otula after he refused to recognize the son of a government official. Schools recognize students from public and private schools in the quota system to ensure that top students from each region are accepted. The school implements an affirmative action policy to ensure students are marginalized from semi-arid areas that are difficult to afford opportunities.
Department
The Heads of Departments (H.O.D) are appointed by the Teacher Service Commission. Ten departments are as follows:
- Department of Science
- Department of Humanities
- Geography Department
- Department of Technical Courses
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Business Education
- Language Department
- Club Department
- Hostel
- Department of Guidance and Counseling
Flights
Mang'u High School is the first school in Kenya to introduce Flight Technology as a test subject. In 1961, Michael Stimac started the Amateur Radio Club, the Electronic Club, and the Air Program.
The Aviation Technology program is focused on technical skills such as propulsion, thermodynamics, meteorology. Aviation students do most of their studies at Wilson Airport and Moi Air Force Base at Embakasi. The original Schweizer N3909A plane glider used by the Marianist Brothers for Flight fall training. These were transferred to the workshop as a warning and used for educational purposes only. The school acquired the Beechcraft Queen Air 5Y-MHS double-engined aircraft. The Kenyan Air Force is assisting aircraft repair and training. The school received a lot of material, tools and props from airlines like Kenya Airways, Airkenya Express, CMC Aviation, Aviation Luxeken, and British Airways. Kenya School of Flying is used to provide scholarships for the last two years of High School to the students. Some students have started joining the Kenyan Air Force while others have studied flight engineering at American, British and Russian universities.
Athletics
Having an athletic program over 50 years old, Mangu offers students a chance to play in several sports and have teams that compete in the following sports tournaments:
- Basket ('Panthers')
- Football ('Pirates')
- Handball
- Rugby ('Wazimba')
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Hockey ('Legend')
- Swimming ('Pirranhas')
"Two tennis courts ('sonic') Club and Community
High mang'u provides a variety of clubs to develop students' individual interests and abilities. Clubs invite and visit other schools for various functions related to their community. School administration has given the clubs full support in their efforts. For every club, there is a protector who acts as a consultant. The school has many clubs including Law, Drama, Music, Scouting, Christian Unity, Seventh Day Adventists, Engineering, Science, Aviation, French, German, and Computer clubs. Students appoint their own officials and raise their own funds held at the Bursar office (no longer).
Recently Journalism and Chess Club were suspended. The school also has a German exchange program.
School Anthem
Gallery
Famous Alumni
- Maurice Michael Otunga (1923-2003), Cardinal and Archbishop emeritus Nairobi and Ordinary Military emeritus for Kenya
- Moody Awori (born 1927), Kenya's 9th vice president
- John Njenga (born 1928), the Roman Catholic archbishop of Mombasa diocese
- Anthony Muheria (born 1962), Roman Catholic Bishop of Kitui diocese
- Tom Mboya (1930-1969), founder of the Nairobi People's Congress Party and Minister of Planning and Economic Development
- Hilary Ng'weno (born 1938), Daily First Chief Editor
- Mwai Kibaki (born 1931), 3rd Kenya President
- John Michuki (1932-2012), Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, Chairman of Kenya Commercial Bank, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister
- Khadambi Asalache (1935-2006), a Kenyan poet and writer who settled in London in 1960, then a civil servant at HM Treasury, taught Swahili at Berlitz School, and worked for the BBC African Service.
- Wilfred Kiboro (born 1944), CEO of Nation Media Group
- George Saitoti (1945-2012), Kenya's 6th Vice President
- Binyavanga Wainaina (born 1971), author, journalist, and Caine Prize winner, was nominated by the World Economic Forum as "Young Global Leader" but refused the award.
- Mukhisa Kituyi Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD
- Dr. Joshua Noreh, did the first Invitro-Fertilization in Kenya
- Cyrus Jirongo, politician and former Member of Parliament in Kenya
- Patrick Ngugi Njoroge, Central Bank of Kenya Governor
- Dr Evans Kidero, politician and former regional governor of Nairobi.
- Prof. John Odhiambo Onyango, Ph.D., Professor of architecture, architect, University of Notre Dame, USA.
References
External links
- Mang'u High School website
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