DURBAN GIRLS' COLLEGE

'Durban Girls' College' is a private boarding and day school for girls located on the Berea overlooking the city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Contents

History

The College Today

Academics

Notable alumni

External links

References

History

It was founded in 1877 as the "Durban Young Ladies' Collegiate Institution" by a group of six Durban Commissioners and Protestant Clergy under the leadership of J F Churchill. The founders are still remembered in a special service each year, and the six school houses bear their names - Churchill, Cottam, Greenacre, Hunter, Palmer and Rutherford.
Durban Girls' College moved to its present location in Musgrave Road on the Berea, which was donated by Sir Benjamin Greenacre, in 1905.
Over time, the campus has been extended and developed and the present pupils enjoy world-class academic, cultural and sporting facilities and equipment.

The College Today

There are about 830 girls from pre-primary to grade 12 of which about 70 board at College House. The college has an Anglican foundation.

Academics

Durban Girls' College pupils perform very well academically and their school-leavers write the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) exams. In 2005, four girls from DGC were in the top 50 nationally.

IEB Results	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of candidates	75	82	75	87	72	81	86	77	87	88	90
Number of failures	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
University endorsement (%)	96	100	100	100	97.2	100	99	96	100	97	97
A aggregates (%)	32	29.3	37.3	45	40.2	42	54	44	55.2	43.2	44.4
A-B-C aggregates (%)	88	98	99	100	99	99	99	95	98	98	96.6
Subject distinctions	95	120	139	173	122	186	217	161	221	194	182
Number in top 50									1	4	1

After graduating with a MB.ChB from UCT, Durban Girls' College dux Serini Murugasen, won a Rhodes scholarship to study for a D.Phil in Public Health at the Oxford.^[1]

Notable alumni

★ Lara Logan, television journalist for CBS News

★ Elizabeth Sneddon, playwright

External links

★ Durban Girls' College official site

★ Umhlanga College official site

References

1. Southern African Rhodes Scholarships