Kagumo High School

Kagumo High School is a boy's national secondary school located between Kirichu and Kiganjo townships at Kagumo near Karatina on the Nyeri-Nairobi road in Kenya.[1] It became one of the first schools in Kenya to allow native black Africans to sit for university level entrance exams, doing so in 1946. As such, it is considered one of the best high schools in Kenya. It has several notable alumni. These almna matter include lawyers, doctors, politicians among others . One such alumni student is the constitutional lawyer Gibson Kamau Kuria . Mr Cyrus G Wahome is former headmaster of the school. Mr Dickson Daniel Karaba, a member of Kenyan parliament is former headmaster as well. There are countless other promiminent individuals who occupy significant positions in Kenya's such as Professor Jeremiah of Waterloo University political and cultural life. In academics, sports and creative arts this school has a long-standing rivalry with Nyeri High School, with meetings between the two schools, particularly in Rugby, and Basketball most intense.

Kagumo High School made history in the KCSE 2015 by scoring a mean score of 10.54 an A-.


References

  1. ↑ "Kagumo High School Website". Retrieved 10 December 2011.


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