About
Monday 4th January 2000 marked the genesis of a vision. The vision was borne by Mr. & Mrs. Melau to bring forth. And behold the school Ongata Academy came into being. Brief and precise the vision slowly took off to what is Ongata Academy today.
Many assume that the school as it stands today; meticulously and full of life has always been that way. That is actually not the case. In latin language we can loosely say that it started Poco a poco – little by little.
The school began very small. When it first opened its doors, there were only 4 children in the whole school. At the inception, the school opened doors to preschool and classes 1 to 4. Along with the few students there were 6 teachers and 3 support staff. Most of the pioneers in terms of the staff members still work within the institution. In the same year the school provided transport to its pupils through a small borrowed station wagon.
It was in the year 2004 that the first class sat for the national KCSE exams. It was a major milestone for the school to position itself as a major competitor in the industry. The performance that year was so good. Of the 18 registered pupils to sit for the exam that year, 14 of them managed to get positions in national schools. The first pupil managed to get 459 marks out of the possible 500