Likuni Girls' Secondary School (abbreviated as LGSS) is a Catholic secondary boarding school for girls, located in Lilongwe. The school, run by the Teresian Sisters, achieves among the highest Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examination results in the country.
History The school was founded in 1963.
In 2009, Mireille Twaigara, a Rwandan refugee at Likuni Girls, achieved among the ten best MSCE results in the country, winning a Zodiak Broadcasting Station award to study medicine in China.Malawi: Dr Mireille Twayigira a Rwandan hero, The Rwandan, 13 June 2018. Accessed 10 January 2021. In 2019 two students from the school won Zodiak 'Girl Child Awards' for their performance in the 2018 MSCE examinations.Leah Malimbasa, ZBS awards 12 girls for excellence, Malawi 24, 2 February 2019. Accessed 10 January 2021.Zodiak gets US envoy's praise for pioneering girls' education with awards, Nyasa Times, 3 February 2019. Accessed 10 January 2021.
The school had 600 students in 2015, when the telecommunications company Airtel Malawi donated cement to construct a school sports course, as well as 500 chairs for classroom learning.Chancy Namadzunda, Airtel Malawi donates 500 chairs to Likuni Girls secondary school, Nyasa Times, 5 May 2015. Accessed 10 January 2021. In 2020 the school received a gift of 100 copies of a book about human trafficking by the activist Maxwell Matewere.Martha Chikoti, Likuni Girls given human trafficking books, Malawi 24, 10 May 2020. Accessed 10 January 2021.
In 2023 the school celebrated its diamond jubilee with Monica Chakwera, First Lady of Malawi as a guest and as a returning alumni.
Notable alumni The Likuni Girls alumni association has undertaken charitable activity on behalf of the elderly in Malawi.Daniel Namwini, Likuni Girls alumni for education and welfare activities, Mana Online, 10 March 2018. Accessed 10 January 2021. Notable alumni include: Monica Chakwera, First Lady of MalawiMike Fiko, First Lady opens up: Born again Christian, met Chakwera during Scom meetings in college, Nyasa Times, 7 August 2020. Accessed 10 January 2021. Maggie Madimbo, Vice Chancellor of African Bible CollegesWallace Chipeta, Synod urges Christians to help change Malawi's cashgate image, Nyasa Times, 16 August 2016. Accessed 10 January 2021. Anastasia Msosa became the first woman to be Chief Justice. Martha Mwale, 1945-2004, teacher (here), political prisoner and the First Malawian woman to be a Presbyterian minister Agnes Patemba, high court judge and diplomat Mary Shawa, principal secretary in the Ministry of Women and Gender Mireille Twayigira, Rwandan refugee and doctorJack McBrams, Rwandese refugee in Malawi now medical doctor: Mireille Twayigira defies odds, two wars and a traumatic past, Nyasa Times, 27 December 2016. Accessed 10 January 2021.
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