Kwalejin Yarima Alfred

**Kwalejin Prince Alfred** makaranta ce mai zaman kanta, mai zaman kanta, kuma mai zaman kanta ga yara maza, wacce ke kan Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town, kusa da tsakiyar Adelaide, Kudancin Ostiraliya. Ɗaya daga cikin makarantu masu zaman kansu mafi tsada da tsufa a jihar, ta ilmantar da Rhodes Scholars, firayim minista da 'yan siyasa, shugabannin masana'antu da kuɗi, manyan ma'aikatan gwamnati, masu bincike da 'yan wasa. Makarantar ta ci gaba da kula da cibiyar tsofaffin ɗalibai ta duniya, wacce ƙungiyar tsofaffin ɗalibai (PAOCA) ke gudanarwa, tun daga 1878. Tsoffin ɗaliban makarantar ana kiransu da Old Reds .

A halin yanzu akwai kimanin ɗalibai 1,420 da suka yi rajista daga Makarantar Horarwa zuwa Aji na 12 (masu shekaru 5 zuwa 18), Kwalejin Prince Alfred ta ƙaddamar da Cibiyar Koyar da Farko a shekarar 1999 tare da ɗaliban da suka yi rajista a yanzu 260.

A matsayinta na makaranta mai tushen Methodist, ta ci gaba da kasancewa da alaƙa mai ƙarfi a tsawon tarihinta da manufofi biyu na " Kiristanci mai tsoka da kuma 'yan'uwa Kirista", suna neman tsara tsararraki na gaba na maza ta hanyar ilimin jiki da na hankali.  Makarantar tana da al'adun wasanni masu ƙarfi kuma tana gudanar da shirye-shirye da yawa na waje. Akwai gasa ta tarihi tsakanin makarantar da Kwalejin St Peter's da ke kusa, wacce ke da asali na addini da na aji.  Wasan Cricket na Intercollegiate, wanda ake yi kowace shekara tsakanin XI na Farko na makarantu biyu, ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin na biyu mafi tsufa da aka sani a gasar cricket da ake ci gaba da yi a duniya, wanda aka fara a 1878.

## Tarihi
Makarantar ta kasance batun tarihi guda uku da JF Ward (1883–1954), Ronald Malcolm Gibbs (1938-2015) da Rob Linn suka rubuta, bi da bi.

### 1854 zuwa 1945

An fara ƙirƙirar makarantar 'ya'yanmu maza' a shekarar 1854, a Cocin Methodist na Wesleyan (Birtaniya) da ke Kudancin Ostiraliya ta kaɗa ƙuri'a don ƙirƙirar makaranta 'don ilimin 'ya'yanmu maza' a shekarar 1867, a wurin da ake kira Old Methodist Conference Hall da ke kan titin Pirie.[1] An tabbatar da mallakar ƙasar da ke gefen garin Kent a baya kan kuɗi £2,750 tare da isasshen jari (£6,00) don gina ɓangaren farko na babban ginin. Ƙirƙirar makarantar Methodist ta biyo bayan wasu yunƙurin nasara a New South Wales, Victoria da Tasmania. Sabuwar makarantar an yi ta ne don ilmantar da 'ya'yan 'yan kasuwa masu arziki da manoma da nufin ƙirƙirar shugabannin gari na gaba waɗanda ke cike da 'al'adun gargajiya masu girma da sassaucin ra'ayi'.[2] A lokacin, Methodist ya kai kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na yawan jama'ar yankin, wani ɓangare saboda kwararar ma'aikatan haƙar ma'adinai na Cornish.[3]

TG Waterhouse da Rev. John Watsford sun shawo kan Gwamnan Kudancin Ostiraliya, Sir Dominick Daly, ya roƙi Yarima Alfred, Duke na Edinburgh a lokacin, da ya kafa harsashin ginin sabuwar makarantar a lokacin rangadin da yake yi a yankunan mulkin mallaka na Ostiraliya.  A watan Satumba an sanar da cewa Alfred zai sanya dutsen kuma sabuwar makarantar za ta kasance 'Kwalejin Alfred'.  An sanya dutsen a ranar 5 ga Nuwamba 1867 da ƙarfe 2 na rana.

Ɗaliba mace ɗaya tilo da ta halarci makarantar ita ce Lilian Staple Mead, 'yar ministan Baptist Silas Mead, a tsakanin 1883 zuwa 1884, domin ta yi rajista ta shiga Jami'a a lokacin da makarantu kaɗan ne ke akwai ga 'yan mata su yi hakan. 

### 1945 zuwa 1999
Makarantar ta jawo hankalin baƙi da yawa na sarauta tun lokacin da aka kafa ta, ciki har da Sarauniya Elizabeth ta Biyu da Yarima Philip a shekarar 1954. A shekarun 1970, an ƙirƙiri Gidauniyar Kwalejin Prince Alfred a ƙarƙashin jagorancin ɗan kasuwa, W. Geoffrey Gerard. Aikinta na farko shine harabar waje ta Scotts Creek da ke Mannum a ƙasar Kudancin Ostiraliya, kafin ci gaba a makarantar shirye-shirye, dakin motsa jiki da gidan kwana. Gidauniyar ta zama sashin kuɗi na makarantar da ke da alhakin manyan gyare-gyare da yawa.

Cocin Methodist na Australasia ya haɗu da sauran majami'un Furotesta a shekarar 1977 don kafa cocin Uniting a Ostiraliya, wanda makarantar ke da alaƙa da shi yanzu.

### 2000 zuwa yanzu
A shekara ta 2000, an ambaci makarantar a Majalisar Dokokin Ostiraliya lokacin da Shugaban 'Yan adawa na wancan lokacin, Kim Beazley, ya hana 'ya'yansa halartar makarantar.  Wannan lamari ya taso ne saboda wata wasiƙa mai cike da ce-ce-ku-ce da shugaban makarantar, Stephen Codrington, ya aika wa 'yan majalisar game da shawarwarin sauye-sauyen dokoki.

A wani lokaci, Princes ita ce kaɗai kwaleji a Adelaide da ta bayar da Difloma ta IB a dukkan matakai uku; PYP da MYP sassan aiki ne na tilas ga ɗaliban Shirye-shirye da na Tsakiya, wanda ke ba wa ɗalibanta damar ci gaba da kammala Difloma a aji na 11 da 12, ko kuma a amince da su a ƙasa baki ɗaya tare da SACE.   


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