More from the Arusha Times Issue 00590 October 24 - 30, 2009
Arusha School to celebrate 75th anniversary next year
By Staff Reporter
The latest postponement now sees Arusha School by-passing its 75th anniversary celebration targeting to observe the event next year when it will be 76 years old.
The management has said the shelving of the event is due to a number of reasons.
Arusha School, which is Tanzania’s oldest English Medium institution, was supposed to mark the milestone this Saturday, October 24 but for some reason the event has been postponed to May 2010.
It will still be regarded as 75th anniversary despite taking place in May next year.
“There are various reasons why the celebrations will no longer take place this October as previously announced and one is that, Prime Minister, Mr Mizengo Pinda who was to be guest of honor has his timetable booked for the whole of this year,” Mr Khamis Rajab Kaniki Arusha School headmaster explained.
According to Mr Kaniki, the school management is also undertaking a major project of putting fresh layers of tarmac on the badly worn school roads network something which now prevents vehicles from entering the premises.
The Danish International Development Agency which has been funding the renovation of Arusha School buildings is also footing the bill for the re-construction of its in-campus roads.
Founded in May 1932 Arusha School, located along Fire road in Arusha Municipality is the country’s first ever English Medium Primary School spawning an alumni base of close to 20000 former students, teachers and subordinate staff.
These are spread all-over the globe, another reason for the event’s postponement.
“Many former students, parents and workers have requested that we should celebrate the anniversary in May 2010 because that is usually the holiday season in Europe where most of the alumni currently live,” the headmaster maintained.
This is the second time that Arusha School postpones its 75th anniversary celebrations.
Previously the event was to be observed on the 25th of May, 2009. This is the exact date of the school’s seven-and-a-half decade milestone. However directives from the Ministry of Education advised the date to be pushed forward to October 24 to allow the institution complete all exam arrangements.
