Kisii School is a public national boys’ school established in 1934 to provide quality secondary education to young pupils.
Immediately after the Colonial Government became interested in education, following the Phelps-Stokes Commission report of 1925, Kisii School started in 1934 as Government African School (GAS). The local native council of South Kavirondo raised the funds.
The school started artisan courses in 1934 at the Primary School level (equivalent to Standard 4-6), but when it was unable to get pupils, it admitted pupils in the substandard level (equivalent of Standard 2 and 3).
In 1938, the school presented its first candidates for Primary School Examinations. By then, it had 60 pupils in 2 streams of 30 each. The students had to be 50% Kisii and 50% Luo (Kisii 30 pupils, Luo 30 pupils).
The Secondary School section was started in 1945. At that time, this was called the Junior Secondary — equivalent to Standard 7 and 8. The population was still 60 per class.
In 1946, the school presented the first student for the Kenya African Preliminary Examination.
Kisii School history
Kisii School then started the senior secondary (Form 3 and 4) in 1949. These candidates were to be prepared for the Kenya African Secondary School Examination (KASSE) who were presented in 1950.
In 1953, the school admitted candidates for a P3 teacher training course which lasted 3 years. This programme was later shifted to Kabianga Teachers College (present-day Kabianga Boys) before later moving to present-day Kericho Teachers Training College.
The institution entered its first candidates for the Cambridge School Certificate in 1956 when a total of 60 students were registered and in 1962, it was among the six schools to introduce ‘A’ Level (Art) with a single stream of 30 students.
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In 1963, the school presented its first Higher School Certificate candidates, commonly referred to as ‘A’ Level Examination, before the ‘A’ Level science class or science stream was started in 1967. By then, the student population was 450 (Form 1 to 6).
KCSE Performance
Kisii School achieved was elevated to national status in 2012. The institution has grown in size from 3 streams at the start of 8-4-4 to the current 7 streams with a population of over 1,500 students.
Over the years, Kisii School has consistently demonstrated improvement in both academic and co-curricular performance, continuing to record top performances in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) national examinations and featuring among the top 200 countrywide.
In the 2024 KCSE results, the school presented a total number of 671 candidates of which 22 students achieving the highest possible grade of a straight A.
Additionally, 93 students scored an A-, while 127 earned a B+ grade. Another 119 students attained a solid B. A further 109 candidates scored a B-, while 95 scored a C+.
67 candidates on the other hand scored grade C, 29 scored a C-, while 8 students scored a D+. The lowest grade recorded was a D, attained by one student.
School Fees
The government previously issued a directive outlining the maximum annual school fees that parents should pay. Under new guidelines introduced in 2020 by the Ministry of Education, Kenya’s 103 national schools were grouped into four clusters.
Kisii School was placed in Cluster One (I), meaning the official annual fee cap for students is approximately Ksh75,798.
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However, actual fees may vary slightly from school to school due to additional charges levied by individual institutions—such as for uniforms, motivation programs, or co-curricular activities.
Location and contacts
The learning institution is located approximately 1.5 kilometers from the Kisii Town Central Business District (CBD) on the Kisii – Keroka road.
In case you have any complaints, queries, or comments, you can reach the institution’s administration through the contacts below.
Mobile phone number: 0706499422, 0788307701
Postal address: P.O Box 11-40200 Kisii
Email Address: [email protected]
Official website: www.kisiischool.ac.ke
Kisii School KNEC code: 40700002
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