Thika High School is a boys-only boarding high school located in

Thika Thika Thika (pronounced �θika is an industrial town and a major commerce hub in Kiambu County, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 42 kilometres (26 mi) Northeast of Nairobi, near the confluence of the Thika and Chania Rivers. Although Thika town ...

District in Central Province,

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. Thika High School was founded in 1951, while Kenya was still a British Colony, by the Alliance of Protestant Churches and the

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Mission (later known as the

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or PCEA). It was originally set at the site of the current Thogoto Teachers College, but due to its proximity to another PCEA boys' school, Alliance Boys' High School, it was moved to Thika. The school is known for its academic and sports excellence from its foundation to the mid-1950s.

Curriculum

Thika High School offers a college preparatory program following the

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curriculum. The curriculum offered at the school consists of: Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, English, Geography, Aviation, History and Government, Christian Religious Education (C.R.E.),

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, Computer Studies, Agriculture, Physics, Art and Design, Electricity, French, Music, German, and Commerce (offered as Business Studies).

Notable alumni

Notable figures include * Jackton Boma Ojwang, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya *

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(Senator,

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(CEO, Twiga foods) *

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(Former Member or Parliament,

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) *

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(Former CEO,

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) * Dr. F. George Njoroge (retired, Merck and Eli Lilly)

References

Dr. Nduati, MB.ChB.

External links

Satellite Picture of Thika SchoolThikaHigh.com
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