Gayaza High School
| Gayaza High School | |
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Gayaza, Wakiso District Uganda |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public Middle School and High School |
| Motto | Never Give Up |
| Established | 1905 |
| Faculty | 67 |
| Number of students | 1,100 |
| Athletics | Major sports: Cricket, Track, Netball, Volleyball, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Hockey. |
| Website | Homepage |
Gayaza High School is an all-girls boarding school covering grades 8 -13 in Uganda. It is the oldest girls' school in the country.
The school is located in the town of Gayaza, in Wakiso District, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The school grounds cover an area of 140 acres (57 ha) on a hilltop, running roughly south to north. It is bounded on the north by Makerere University Farm at Kabanyolo and on the west by smallholdings and the Gayaza – Namulonge road. The area between the school farm and the road from Kampala to Kalagi, Mukono, Uganda comprises a swamp and more smallholdings. Gayaza High School lies immediately north of a small settlement known as Gayaza Market. At this point, the main road from Kampala forks; one road leading to Kalagi in Mukono District and the other to Namulonge Agricultural and Animal Research Institute (NAARI), and on to Zirobwe. The lane between them leading up to the school, past the primary day schools and the parish church, is a cul de sac, which accounts for the school's relative security in times of trouble. The coordinates of the school are:0°27'36.0"N, 32°36'39.0"E (Latitude:0.460000; Longitude:32.610833).
Christian missionaries belonging to the Church Missionary Society of England founded Gayaza High School in January 1905 with four students. By July 1905, the number of students had grown to 43. The land was donated to the Church by Kabaka Daudi Cwa II.
The purpose was to train girls, especially the daughters of chiefs of the Kingdom of Buganda, in those skills that would make them better wives. This was the only basis of security approval from the traditional and traditionalist leaders of that time. The founders however had a different motive: to educate girls based on a strong Christian foundation. They realized that the best way of entrenching Christianity was by having Christian mothers under whom children spent all their formative years.
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