Tororo Girls School
Tororo Girls School | |
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Location | |
Tororo, Tororo District Uganda | |
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Type | Public middle school and high school |
Motto | "Light for life" |
Established | 1960 |
Head teacher | Principal |
Athletics | football, cricket, athletics, netball, volleyball, lawn tennis, table tennis, hockey |
Website | Homepage |
Tororo Girls Secondary School, commonly known as Tororo Girls School (TGS), is an all-girls boarding school covering grades 8 -13 in the Eastern Region of Uganda.[1]
Location
TGS is in the town of Tororo, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) southeast of the town's central business district.[2] This is appro 210 kilometres (130 mi), by road, east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[3] The coordinates of the school campus are 0°39'57.0"N, 34°11'21.0"E (Latitude:0.665833; Longitude:34.189167).[4]
Notable alumni
Some of the notable women who have attended TGS include the following:
- Jennifer Musisi - Lawyer and administrator. First executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority, since 2011.[5]
- Susan Akello - Physician at Nakasero Hospital in Kampala[6]
- Beatrice Wabudeya
- Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny, a Ugandan politician. She is the State Minister for Northern Uganda in the Ugandan Cabinet.[7]
Notable faculty
- Namirembe Bitamazire - Former Minister of Education in the Cabinet of Uganda. She served as the principal of TGS from 1971 until 1974.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Eremu, John (12 February 2006). "Are Single-Sex Schools Better Academically?". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ GFC (15 June 2016). "Distance between Tororo Market, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda and Tororo Girls School, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda". Glbefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ Globefeed.com (15 June 2016). "Distance between Kampala, Central Region, Uganda and Tororo Girls School, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ Google (15 June 2016). "Location of Tororo Girls School" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ Kasyate, Simon (9 May 2016). "Jovial Jennifer Musisi started baking in P3". The Observer (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ Natukunda, Carol (8 May 2009). "Akello Refused To Take A No For An Answer". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ Monitor Team (8 June 2016). "Who are the new faces in Museveni's Cabinet?: Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny - State Minister for Northern Uganda". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ↑ Ogwang, Joel (28 January 2009). ""I'm Still Around" Says Minister Bitamazire". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
External links
Coordinates: 00°39′57″N 34°11′21″E / 0.66583°N 34.18917°E
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