Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls High School is among the leading national girls’ secondary schools in Kenya.
The school, which is one of the few provincial schools known outside Central Kenya, was founded in 1960 by the late Bishop Caesar Gatimu.
Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls used to be run by the Comboni Mission in Karatina, Nyeri. It was initially named Ngandu Girls High School, after the place it currently sits.
It was not until later that the school changed its name to Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls to honour its founder.
Sister Alexandrina was the first Principal, then Sister Nazarene Zonta, who ran the school with her deputy until 1983.
Lay principals (or headmistresses) appointed by the Teachers Service Commission went on to head the school since then.
The first native principal was Helen Wathuti Waweru, who served as principal from 1983-2006.
The institution has, over the years, been a perennial top performer in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations.
Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls High School’s performance
Admission to the school is highly competitive. Selection was based on performance in the national Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams until 2023, when it was replaced by the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
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Many of the school’s graduates proceed to top Kenyan universities, while others have earned placements in top institutions abroad, including in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, among other countries.
Notable alumni include Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika and Citizen TV anchor Mashirima Kapombe.
In the 2024 KCSE, the school had 400 candidates, with 94.76% achieving the minimum university entry grade under full government sponsorship.
16 students scored a straight A, while 64 scored an A-. Additionally, 87 students attained a B+, 85 scored a B, while 71 managed a B-.
56 students scored a C+, 18 scored a C and the lowest grade recorded was a C-, obtained by three students.
The school’s impressive performance saw the 2024 candidates achieve a mean score of 9.025—a slight improvement from the 9.0 mean score recorded in the 2023 KCSE.
School Fees
The government previously issued a directive standardising the annual school fees parents are required to pay across all public secondary institutions.
As part of new guidelines introduced by the Ministry of Education in 2020, Kenya’s 103 national schools were categorised into four clusters.
Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls was classified under Cluster Four (IV), with the annual tuition fee capped at approximately Ksh75,798—the same fee ceiling applied to other national school clusters.
Actual fees may however, vary slightly between institutions due to additional costs introduced at the school level, such as uniforms, motivation fees, and extracurricular activity charges.
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Some schools charge parents/guardians a high of Ksh100,000 annually.
Location and contacts
The institution is located in Ngandu area of Karatina in Mathira Constituency, Nyeri County along the ,Ruthagati – Kabiruini Road.
In case you have any complaints, queries, or comments, you can reach the institution’s administration through the contacts below.
Mobile phone number: +254 720 836 570
Email address: [email protected]
Postal address: P.O Box 182-10101 KARATINA
Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls KNEC code: 08200010
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