Loretto High School

Makarantar Sakandare ta Loreto Limuru ita ce makarantar 'yan mata ta ƙasa da ke cikin tsaunukan Limuru, gundumar Kiambu, Kenya ta Tsakiya. Tana da kusan kilomita 28 (mil 17) daga babban birnin Nairobi, Kenya. A ranar 4 ga Disamba 1936, Loreto Limuru High School ta buɗe ƙofofinta ga ɗalibanta na farko.

## Tarihi
Waɗanda suka kafa makarantar su ne Sisters of Loreto, waɗanda suka zo daga Ireland zuwa Kenya a shekarar 1921 a matsayin mishan na Katolika don inganta damar ilimi ga ƴan mata a yankin. Asalin hangen nesan waɗanda suka kafa makarantar shi ne ilmantar da ƴan matan Afirka waɗanda a wancan lokacin aka hana su ƴancin samun ilimi. Majagaba a wannan makaranta ’yan’uwa mata ne S.M. Dolores Stafford, S.M. Theresa Joseph O'Sullivan da kuma S.M. Veronica Bradley asalin Sun yi imani, kamar yadda Mary Ward, wanda ya kafa Loreto Sisters a shekarar alif da ɗari shida da tara, 1609, ta yi imani cewa ta hanyar ilimi "Mata a lokaci mai zuwa za su yi yawa". Bisa ga wannan hangen nesa, a yau an ba da shawarar cewa makarantar ta zaburar da mutane irin su Wangari Maathai, wanda ya lashe kyautar zaman lafiya ta Nobel don kare muhalli. Aikin farko na ’yan uwa mata shi ne shirya ’yan matan da za su yi jarrabawar firamare. Sun fara da 'yan mata bakwai. Duk da haka, saboda tsananin sanyi da hazo, 'yan matan sun bace cikin dare. Daga baya, 'yan matan sun dawo kuma a cikin shekarar alif da ɗari tara da talatin da takwas, 1938 'yan mata hudu sun yi jarrabawar farko kuma suka fara horon koyarwa.

An fara karatun sakandare na farko a shekarar alif da ɗari tara da arba'in da bakwai, 1947. Dalibai biyu na farko, Mary Sekunda Wanjiru da Merioth Wairimu, sun ci jarrabawar babbar jami'a ta Cambridge. Wannan shi ne farkon tarihin ƙwararru a jarrabawar jama'a, wanda har yanzu yana ci gaba a Loreto. A halin yanzu, makarantar tana ɗaya daga cikin manyan ayyuka a cikin ƙasar a cikin ayyukan da suka dace kamar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, wasan hockey da ƙari. Akwai kuma bikin waƙa da ake gudanarwa a makarantar. A cikin shekarar 1956, an shigar da rafi biyu. Akwai 'yan mata tsakanin 20 zuwa 26 a kowane aji. A cikin shekarar  1958, Loreto an kasafta shi azaman Makaranta ta ƙasa, matsayin da har yanzu take riƙe. A cikin shekarar 1970, an ba Loreto izinin fara ajin fasaha na "A Level", kuma a cikin shekarar 1981 an ba makarantar ilimin kimiyya "A level", tare da dakin gwaje-gwaje na kimiyya. Tun daga wannan lokacin, an sami saurin faɗaɗa abubuwan da ake da su, da sauya tsoffin gine-gine a hankali, da kafa sabbin abubuwan more rayuwa.

Cikin shekarar alif da ɗari tara da chasa'in da shida, 1986, Kenya ta shiga sabon zamani a fannin ilimin sakandare, tare da gabatar da manhajar 8-4-4 a Kenya. Baya ga wannan, an sake ba Loreto wani ƙalubale don fara rafi na uku, wanda ya kawo adadin ɗalibai sama da ɗari biyar, 500. A cikin shekarar alif ɗari tara da chasa'in da shida, 1996, makarantar ta yi bikin cika shekaru 60 da kafuwar ta, inda shugaban ƙasar Kenya ya halarci bikin a matsayin babban bako. A cikin 1999, an gabatar da rafi na huɗu kuma a cikin 2002, ya zama makaranta mai rafi huɗu tare da ɗalibai 40 a kowane aji. A cikin shekarar 2011, makarantar ta gabatar da rafi na biyar. A yau, makarantar tana karbar bakuncin ɗalibai sama da 800, sama da ma’aikatan koyarwa 45, da ma’aikatan tallafi sama da 50.[2]: 22-23 A halin yanzu, makarantar tana da rafi bakwai tare da kwanan nan da aka gabatar a cikin 2021.

## Manazarta