Kangaru High School

0°30′34″S 37°27′40″E Kangaru School, formerly known as Government African School Kangaru and Kangaru High School, is an all boys high school located in the Embu County, Kenya. It was built by the first missionaries that arrived in Kenya during the colonialism in the 1920s. It was rebuilt in 1947 by Sir Robin Wainright on a Harambee basis.^[1] It is one of the oldest schools in the country. There is a nearby village called Kangaru which is probably where the name comes from. There is a river close to the school, the Rupingazi River. The school is popularly referred to as Kangach.

Kangaru School
Location
P.O Box 17 - 60100 Embu Eastern Province Embu County Kenya
Information
Other names	K.S.
Former name	Government African School Kangaru, Kangaru Boys High School
School type	Public Regional School
Motto	Serve and lead
Founded	1947
Founder	Sir Robin Wainright
Sister school	Kangaru Girls High School
Chairman	Njagi Runyenje
Principal	Paul Muriuki
Gender	Male
Language	English, Kiswahili
Campus	Kangaru, Embu
Color(s)	Green   White   Grey
Mascot	Lion
Nickname	Kangach
Rival	Moi High School Mbiruri
Alumni name	Kangaru Old Boys Association
Website	http://www.kangaruschool.ac.ke/

The student population is about 1400 with a teaching staff of about 60. Being an extra-county school, the majority of the students are from Embu County and the neighbouring counties which together with Embu were part of the former Eastern province

The school offers an 8-4-4 curriculum whereby students sit for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam at the end of a four-year programme. Subjects offered at Kangaru School range from Mathematics, Kiswahili, Christian and Islamic Religious Education, Geography, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, History and Government, Home Science, Computer Studies, French, English to Business Studies.^[2]

Kangaru later became a co-educational school, after which in 1989 it was split into separate institutions for boys and girls. The students live in 9 houses referred to as houses, named Mwea, Embu, Gichugu, Ndia, Gachoka, Mbeere, Hollywood, Mt.Kenya and Runyenjes.

Notable alumni

• Adan Mohammed
• Mutava Musyimi
• Ben Mutua Jonathan Muriithi, popularly known as BMJ Muriithi, who is a US-based journalist working with the Voice of America, a popular benga artiste.