St. Mary's School Yala
St. Mary’s School Yala is a provincial school for boys situated along the Kisumu-Busia highway in Yala Township in the Nyanza Province of Western Kenya.
The school was founded in 1927 by the Mill Hill missionaries notably Msgr. Brandsma who wanted to start a teachers college for catholic schools. Yala School was opened in 1927 making it one of the oldest schools in Kenya.
It was noted that not many students were keen on becoming teachers and so it become a full primary school and junior secondary school that expanded to become the current St. Mary’s Yala. 700-730 students attend the school each year and it has a teaching staff of 40.
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