Background of the school

Dara Christian High School was a project conceived and funded by Mr. David Geoffrey Opio Okello and Mrs. Rachel Isweka Opio Okello in the late nineties with fields of life as its major sponsor.

This was a result of their concern on the deteriorating educational standards in Lango sub-region of the country for close to three decades. This school was licensed and subsequently registered as fully mixed boarding secondary school in 2003 and 2004 respectively by the ministry of Education and sports.

Regarding the academic performance, the school has steadily continued to improve its performance from a national perspective, while in its first set of UNEB exams; the school was graded among the best 25% of all the schools in the country. This position has since improved to about 10% as of 2017 performance results. Regionally, the school already demonstrated that it can compete very effectively with the older established government supported schools in the north of the country.

In the mindset of the founders, they had conviction that it was through a combination of solid Christian programs and a conducive educational environment could they cope to contribute in influencing the young minds towards better, qualitative and more responsible future citizenship. Hence, from very humble beginnings, the school now has a vibrant church with regular visiting pastor; outreach programs and intensive weekly programs of prayer and devotion led by a committed high level church committee.

Finally, there has been a remarkable progress in extracurricular activities including various aspects of games and sports; dance and drama and a variety of very active clubs.

There is no doubt that the school has now reached a level of take-off and God willing, with the commitment of the staffs, administration, the B.O.G and parents, it should not take very long to achieve and maintain its vision of being a leading and preferred school in East African sub-region.