title: Wanyange Girls School
text: # Wanyange Girls School
  
  Wanyange Girls School is a girls' boarding government-aided secondary school on Nyange hill in the Jinja District of the Eastern Region, Uganda, founded in 1960.
  
  ## History
  
  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 was given its independence again. In 2013, the school was temporarily closed because of a students' strike which followed similar strikes in other schools in Jinja District. In 2016, Schoolnet Uganda rated Wanyange Girls School as the tenth best girls' school in Uganda. 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.
  
  ## Notable staff
  
  * Florence Muranga
  
  ## Notable alumnae
  
  * Queen Sylvia of Buganda, the current Nnabagereka or Queen of Buganda
  * Beti Kamya-Turwomwe, businesswoman and politician
  * Esther Mbulakubuza Mbayo, politician
  * Margaret Lamwaka Odwar, politician
  