King's College (Budo)
| King's College Budo | |
|---|---|
| type of school | college |
| founding | 1906 |
| place | Budo |
| District | Mpigi |
| Country | Uganda |
| Coordinates | 0 ° 15 '24 " N , 32 ° 29' 12" E |
| student | 1200 |
| Website | www.kingscollegebudo.sc.ug |
The King's College is a secondary school in Budo in the district of Mpigi near Kampala in Uganda . It teaches students between the ages of 13 and 19 and is the most prestigious school in the East African country. The language of instruction is English , Luganda , the national language of the Buganda region in Uganda, is taught as an additional subject. The school's motto is “Gakyali Mabaga” (Luganda for This is just the beginning ).
history
King's College was founded on March 29, 1906 by Henry Walter Weatherhead, an Anglican priest of the Church Missionary Society (CMS), initially as King's High School . With financial support from Bishop Alfred Tucker's Namirembe Diocese , Weatherhead was initially able to teach 21 Ugandan boys. At the same time, a corresponding school for girls was set up with Gayaza High School. The school was built on the Budo Hill, the traditional coronation of the Kabaka of Buganda is. Buganda's Prime Minister Apolo Kagwa praised a bike for the best graduate of the school.
While initially only the offspring of the Bugandan aristocracy were trained, the school soon opened to ordinary citizens. In 1922, King's High School was renamed King's College . Six girls were taught for the first time in 1933, making Budo one of the first co-educational schools in Uganda.
Today the number of students is around 1200, these are taught by around 70 teachers.
There is a partnership with the Augartenschule in Vienna .
Great teachers
- Gordon McGregor , British scientist.
Important school leavers
- Benjamin Joses Odoki (* 1943), judge at the Supreme Court of Uganda
- Okot p'Bitek (1931-1982), writer
- Godfrey Binaisa (1920–2010), past president
- Phares Mutibwa , historian
- George Wilberforce Kakoma (1925–2012), musicologist
- Apolo Nsibambi (* 1938), Prime Minister
- Charles Njonjo , Kenyan politician
- David Rubadiri , Malawian academic
- Martin Aliker , politician
- Edward Mutesa (1924-1969), politician
- Rukidi III. , Omukama from Toro
- Yosaamu Mugenyi , politician
- Aggrey Awori (* 1939), politician
- Paul Bakibinga , the BBC presenter
- Francis Ayume (1940-2004), politician
literature
- Gordon McGregor : King's College, Budo: The first sixty years. Oxford 1967
- King's College Budo, A Centenary History 1906-2006. Fountain Publishers, 2006