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are selected to attend. The school also participates in the national quota system that sees a balance in admission of students from all Kenyan
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The first 10 girls admitted to the school arrived on 28 February 1948 and came from all the different provinces in Kenya as is still the case today. In 1961, Alliance Girls High School was one of the first five schools in Africa to offer the Higher School
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on a green background. The initials AGHS are above the crest, while the school motto "Walk in the light" is beneath it, both written in yellow. According to the school's website, the colour yellow represents the light of the torch, the green depicts the life given by the light, and white signifies
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results and was in third place out of all Kenyan secondary schools. AGHS's graduates go on to leading Kenyan universities as well as international ones. Some of its students have also been selected to attend the
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For a few years, the school uniform was maroon in colour. This was phased out, beginning in the year 2005 with the form one class joining the school that year.
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and a requirement for university entrance). Prior to the establishment of
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boarding school for girls located near the small town of
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which at that time only admitted
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