Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School
| Bweranyangi Girls' Secondary School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Bushenyi, Bushenyi District Uganda | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public Middle School and High School (8-13) |
| Motto | Sow To Reap |
| Established | 1912 |
| Number of students | 1,500+ (2014) |
| Athletics | track, tennis, volleyball, basketball, netball |
| Website | Homepage |
Bweranyangi Girls' Secondary School, is a girls-only boarding middle and high school in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda.
Location
The school campus is located on Bweranyangi Hill (elevation:1,600 metres (5,200 ft), situated in the southern suburbs of the town of Bushenyi, in Bushenyi District, Western Uganda. This location lies approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), by road, south of the central business district of Bushenyi.[1] Bweranyangi lies approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi), by road, west of Mbarara, the largest city in the sub-region.[2] The coordinates of the school campus are:0°33'35.0"S, 30°12'30.0"E (Latitude:-0.559722; Longitude:30.208333).[3]
History
The school traces its origins from Kamukuzi Hill in Mbarara, where in 1912, the Church Missionary Society (CMS), with eight girl-students, housed in a grass-thatched hut, founded the school, then known as Mbarara Junior School. The inaugural class included the daughter of the King of Ankole at that time, and one of the Ankole Prime Minister's daughters.
The school relocated to Ruharo Hill, also in Mbarara, in 1914, with a student population of thirty. There was more land at Ruharo for expansion. However, this placed the girls' school adjacent to Mbarara High School, a boys’ school that had started in 1911. While at Ruharo the name of the school was changed to Mbarara Girls’ Boarding School. In 1954, due to frequent unwelcome visits by students from nearby Mbarara High School, and the need for still more expansion, the girls' school was again relocated to Bweranyangi Hill in Bushenyi, 65 kilometres (40 mi), to the west.
In the early 1960s, the school was granted permission to start middle school (S1 to S4), and later high school (S5 to S6). The primary school was separated from the middle and high school and today exists adjacent to the Secondary School as Bweranyangi Primary School, a day and boarding all-girls elementary school.[4]
Notable alumni
Notable alumni of Bweranyangi Girls Secondary School, include the following:[5]
- Janet Kataha Museveni - First Lady of Uganda from 1986 until today.
- Jacqueline Mbabazi - Wife of former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi and Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Women's League.
- Mary Birungi Karooro Okurut - Currently Uganda's Minister for Gender and Social Issues. Formerly Uganda's Minister of Information and National Guidance. Concurrently serving as the elected Member of Parliament for Bushenyi District Women's Constituency.
- Rosette Byengoma - Permanent secretary, Uganda's Ministry of Defense
- Miria Matembe - Former member of the Pan-African Parliament from Uganda. Former Uganda's Minister of Ethics and Integrity, 1998–2003.
- Professor Pamela Mbabazi - University professor, academic and academic administrator. She is the current Deputy Vice Chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
- Mary Kamuli - A legal officer with Uganda Revenue Authority
- Hilda Amutuhaire - Student Guild representative, School of Agricultural Sciences, Makerere University.
Notable staff
- Yoweri Kaguta Museveni - The current President of Uganda taught at the school for two months in 1965.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Road Distance Between Bushenyi And Bweranyangi With Map". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Map Showing Mbarara And Bweranyangi With Distance Marker". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Google, . "Location of Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School At Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ "Historical Background of Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School". Bweranyangi Girls' Senior Secondary School. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Alfred Tumushabe, Paul Aruho (8 October 2012). "Bweranyangi Girls’ Recall A Journey of 100 Years". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Alfred Tumushabe, Paul Aruho (8 October 2012). "Yoweri Museveni Taught At Bweranyangi In 1965". Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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