St. Christina Girls' Secondary School is a Girls' Boarding school
situated in Tanga Municipality 5 kilometers from Tanga town along the
Dar-es-salaam road. Initially the premises belonged to the now defunct
Tanga Dairy Institute. It has acreage of 27 acres covered by all green
good landscape of grass, coconut, mango trees and other vegetations.
Neighbours include TPDF- Army barracks as Tanzania Peoples' Defence
Force, the Livestock Research Institute, Tanga Fresh milk industry and
Tanga Airport. It is one of the few girls' school in the country. It
was registered on 25th September 2001 after operating with a provisional
registration from 12th July 2001. The School had planned to enroll at
least 30 girls to start with but due to the fact that it was new, the
management managed to enroll 10 girls for form five.
In Tanga Region, there are few Girls' and therefore a good number of
those who finish Primary school do not continue with studies at
secondary school level. The same situation is overt in many parts of
the country due to the fact local traditions favoured + boys against
girls. As it were, girls are disadvantaged in terms of education
country wide Tanga inclusive.
Vision
Our Mission is "to embrace a holistic approach in the provision of education to learners".
Mission
Striving to provide appropriate education to the learners with a view of
preparing them academically, socially, spiritually and physically so as
to make them responsible women beneficial to the society.
Level of development
The physical facilities of land, buildings, furniture and other assets
are being built on self-help basis. The buildings that were initially
hired from the aforesaid defunct institute have been renovated to suit
the current status of the school. E.g. three floors have been added to
the former classroom building to make a total of standard size
classrooms, a computer lab and mini-school library.
In addition to the vast rehabilitation tasks, the NGO has also managed
to erect a new dormitory named Gabriel House and this has a capacity of
accommodating 96 students in its 6 rooms.
A science laboratory has been constructed at the extreme end of the
administration block. It is a single lab but indeed serving the purpose
of practical for 'O' level students. Plans to build other laboratories
so as to introduce science combinations at Advance level are underway.
Information Technology
The school is among few schools in the country which champion provision
of quality education to learners hence ensures the teaching of Computer
studies is taken on board. Students now have access to Internet
services for broader leaning. They are able to consult encyclopedia on
line through the Encarta programme.
The Management is working around the clock to make-work easier for
teachers by enabling them to use overhead projects and transparencies in
the teaching / learning process. This will also be a contribution
towards the health care of both teachers and learners because they will
no longer be subjected to inhaling the dust from chalk.
Number of students
There has been tremendous increase in the number of students enrolled
in its school. From 22 students enrolled in 2001 to the current
number, which is 420 students.
Health services
The school attends to students' health with keen. There is a dispensary
where a trained staff nurse attends students at the level of First Aid.
Incase of serious health problems students are taken and treated in a
classic hospital where services are of a satisfactory standard.
The school provides students with a balanced diet and safe drinking
water. As a measure to prevent contracting diseases spread by harmful
insects such as mosquitoes, fumigation of the school buildings and the
environment in general is administered during long vacations. Students
are also urged to use mosquito nets at night.
Physical Exercises
The school acknowledges the truth in the sayings:
"Tom without play makes him a dull boy"
"A healthy mind stays in a healthy body"
Students of this school play Netball, Volleyball, Badminton and table
tennis. They are also encouraged to participate in jogging exercises
for the purpose of promoting good health.
Spiritual Services
St. Christina Girls' Secondary school glorifies and respects freedom of
worship. All students are allowed to worship according to their
religion / denomination without stigma or discrimination of any kind.
Guidance & Counselling
Teachers frequently hold face to face sessions with the girls focused on
life skills. A lot of emphasis is directed to issues pertaining to HIV
/ AIDS pandemic, Family life Education, Girl child Education for
Empowerment. 'One learned lady is a big asset to the offspring in each
family in future. Educating a lady is to educate the whole family'.
Holistic approach in the provision of education to the learners
accommodates that.
Environment
The school has embarked on an aggressive and ambitious modern landscape
development surrounding the school by planting fast growing trees,
flowers, good grass and safe drainage network. The school has
established an orchard as a multipurpose action. One is to conserve the
bare land and the other is to enrich the supply of fruits for good
health. This will teach the students on land conservation and
environmental care as contribution towards one of the prevailing cross
cutting issues not only in the nation but also globally.
