Presbyterian Church - PCEA
Chogoria Girls High School is a National High School located in Nithi Constituency within Tharaka-Nithi County.
Chogoria Girls High School is a girls only boarding school offering Kenya Certificate for Secondary Education (KCSE) and is affiliated to/with Presbyterian Church - PCEA Chogoria Girls High School is a national Girls school, situated in Tharaka Nithi County, Maara District, Mwimbi Division, Chogoria location, on the eastern slopes of Mt. Kenya.
It is 200km North of Nairobi and 40km south of Meru Town. The school was started in 1922 by a missionary from the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, Dr Clive Irvine, who also founded the church and an hospital.
The school started with co-education and had its classrooms at Chogoria Boys Secondary and dormitories at Chogoria Girls Secondary School. In 1965, the idea of a secondary school came into the minds of the local people and the intermediate section was slowly phased out. In the same year the girls joined the boys to carry on with co-education. In 1968 the school headmaster decided to separate boys from girls and this gave birth to Chogoria Girls Secondary School with its first head teacher Mrs Charity Mugo. In 1969, the girls moved to the present 20-acre site. Through the efforts of the local community, the P.C.E.A church and assistance from the government and parents the school has grown to a 5 stream borading facility.
The student population as at November 2011 stands at 930, with 53 trained teachers and 49 non-teaching staff members.
