Wanyange Girls School | |
Motto: | Kulwa Katonda Ne'Gwanga Lyaffe |
Motto Translation: | For God and Our Country |
Location: | Nyange hill, Jinja District |
Region: | Eastern Region |
Country: | Uganda |
Other Name: | Wanyange Girls' Secondary School |
Former Name: | Busoga College Wanyange |
Founder: | The Busoga Lukiiko |
Gender: | girls |
Colours: | Blue, Maroon and Yellow |
Houses: | River Nile Owen Falls L. Kyoga L. George L. George Mt. Masaba |
Wanyange Girls School is a girls' boarding government-aided secondary school on Nyange hill in Jinja District of the Eastern Region, Uganda. It was founded in 1960.
When Wanyange Girls School opened on 1 March 1960, it was temporarily located at Buckley High School in Iganga. In 1967, it was provisionally merged with Busoga College Mwiri whilst keeping its own location on Nyange hill, but having the name Busoga College Wanyanga. In 1969, it regained its independence.[1] In 2013, the school was temporarily closed because of a students' strike which followed similar strikes in other schools in Jinja District.[2] [3] In 2016, Schoolnet Uganda rated Wanyange Girls School as the tenth best girls' school in Uganda.[4] In 2018, the first RCMRD Uganda Space Challenge was held at Wanyange Girls School after two RCMRD Space Challenges had been held in Kenya in 2017 and 2018.[5]