In April 2025, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba announced that national schools would be required to offer all three career pathways under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
The pathways are Social Sciences, Arts and Sports, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Speaking during a national schools conference in Mombasa, Ogamba said the decision was informed by the capacity, staffing and infrastructure available in national schools as the government moved to align senior schools with CBC.
The new arrangement was set to take effect in January 2026, when Grade 9 learners would transition to Grade 10.
Ogamba further announced that the existing classification of schools as national, extra-county, county and sub-county institutions would be scrapped from next year.
Under the new system, senior schools will instead be designated as either triple-pathway or double-pathway institutions, depending on the number of career pathways they offer.
“The State has already developed guidelines for the transition and placement of students to Grade 10 in January 2026. The abolishment of categorization of schools as either national, extra-county, county or sub-county is a key point of the transition guidelines,” he said.
C1 Schools Under CBC
The following is the list of national schools (C1) per county:
| County | National Schools |
|---|---|
| Nairobi County | Lenana School; Precious Blood Riruta; Moi Forces; Kasarani Treeside for the Deaf (SNE); Starehe Girls; Moi Girls Secondary; Buruburu Girls Secondary; Pangani Girls; Starehe Boys; Kenya High School; Nairobi School; St Georges Girls; Statehouse Girls, Alliance, Mang’u |
| Homa Bay County | Homa Bay High School; Ogande Girls High School; Labwe Special Secondary School for the Hearing Impaired (SNE); Mbita High School; Bishop Linus Okok Girls Secondary School; Agoro Sare High School; Asumbi Girls; Orero Boys Secondary School |
| Siaya County | Fr. Ouderaa Secondary School for the Visually Impaired (SNE); Maranda High; Nico Hauser Special School (SNE); Sawagongo High School; St. Mary’s Yala; Ramba Secondary School; St. Mary’s Lwak Girls School; Ng’iya Girls High School; St. Francis Rangala Girls Secondary School |
| Kisumu County | Joyland Special Secondary School (SNE); Kisumu Boys High School; Kisumu Girls High School; Maseno School; Sinyolo Girls Secondary School; Kibos Visually Impaired Secondary School (SNE); Nyakach Girls High School; St. George Special Secondary School (SNE) |
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Other Schools Include:
Kisii County: Riokindo Boys; Gianchere Friends Secondary/Voc for the Hearing Impaired (SNE); Kereri Girls High School; Kisii High; Nyambururu Girls.
Nyamira County: Nyambaria High School; Kibirigo High School; Sironga Girls High School.
Migori County: St. Alberts Girls High School Ulunda; Tarang’anya Boys High School; Moi Nyabohanse Girls School; Kadika Girls Secondary School; Kuja Special School for the Deaf (SNE); St. Joseph’s Rapogi Secondary School.
Bungoma County: Joyvalley S.A. Special School for the Hearing Impaired (SNE); Nalondo CBM Secondary School for the Physically Handicapped (SNE); Cardinal Otunga Girls High School; Kibabii High School; Friends Kamusinga; Moi Girls High School Kamusinga; Lugulu Girls.
Busia County: St. Stephen Lwanya Girls; Butula Boys High School; Nambale Secondary School; St. Brigid Secondary School and Vocational; S.A. Kolanya Girls Secondary School.
Kakamega County: Butere Girls High School; Kakamega School; The Sacred Heart Girls Mukumu; Musingu Boys High School; ACK Ematundu Boys Sec. and Vocational School (SNE); St. Angela Mumias Vocational School for the Deaf (SNE); St. Peter’s Mumias Boys High School.
Vihiga County: Nyang’ori Boys High School; Bunyore Girls; St. Claire Ebukuyia Secondary School for the Hearing Impaired (SNE); Chavakali High School; Friends School Keveye Girls.
Kiambu County: St. Francis Girls High School Mang’u; Kambui Girls High School; PCEA Kambui School for the Hearing Impaired (SNE); Mang’u High School; Kiambu High School; St. Anne’s Girls Lioki; Alliance Girls High School; Alliance High School; Precious Blood Kagwe Girls Secondary School; Limuru Girls’ School; Loreto High School Limuru; Our Lady of Mt. Camel Maryhills Girls; SA High School for the Blind (SNE); SA Joytown Secondary School for the PH (SNE); Thika High School.
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Nyandarua County: Karima Girls; Magomano Secondary School; Nyandarua High; Nyahururu High School; Njabini Boys High School.
Nyeri County: Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls; Rev Muhoro School for the Deaf (SNE); South Tetu Girls; Kagumo High; Nyeri High School; Mahiga Girls; Othaya Boys.
Murang’a County: Kahuhua Girls; Kiaguthu Boys Secondary School; Mugoir Girls High School; Njiri School; Murang’a High – Public; Murang’a School for the Visually Impaired (SNE); Kamahuha Girls High School.
Kirinyaga County: Mutira Girls Secondary School; St. Faustina Kerugoya Girls High School; Kabare Girls High School; Kianyaga High School; Baricho Boys High School.
Embu County: Kyeni Girls; Moi Girls; ACK Mary Magdalene High School for the Deaf; Siakago Boys High School; Siakago Girls High School; Yangwa Boys High School.
Marsabit County: Moi Girls Secondary School Marsabit; Moyale Secondary School.
Isiolo County: Garbatula High School; Isiolo Girls High School.
Kitui County: Kitui High; St. Charles Lwanga School; Muthale Girls; Kimangao Girls Secondary School.
Tharaka Nithi County: Chogoria Boys High School; Chogoria Girls; Kiriani Boys High School; Ikuu Boys High School; Kamatungu Secondary School for the Hearing Impaired (SNE).
Machakos County: Kathiani Girls School; Machakos Boys; Machakos Girls High School; Machakos Secondary School for the Deaf (SNE); Tala High.
Makueni County: St. Joseph’s Girls Secondary Kibwezi; Precious Blood Secondary School Kilungu; Makueni Boys; Makueni Girls High School; St. Alphonsa Kisau Girls Secondary School; Mbooni Boys; St. Teresa Mbooni Girls; Mukaa Boys High School; Matiliku Secondary School.
Garissa County: Garissa High; Garissa Special High School for the Deaf (SNE); NEP Girls High.
Mandera County: Mandera Secondary School; Moi Girls Secondary.
Wajir County: Wajir Girls Secondary School; Wajir High School; Wajir Special Secondary School for the Deaf (SNE).
Kilifi County: Pwani Deaf (SNE); Bahari Girls High School; Sahajanad Special School (SNE); Malindi High; Dr. Kraph; Kombeni; Ribe Boys; Ribe Girls.
Kwale County: Kinango Secondary School; Kwale High; Kwale High School for the Deaf (SNE); Matuga Girls High School; Waa High School.
Lamu County: Lamu Girls; Mpeketoni Boys High School.
Mombasa County: Mama Ngina Girls; Shimo la Tewa School; The Salvation Army Likoni High for the Visually Impaired (SNE); MSS for the Physically Handicapped (SNE).
Taita Taveta County: Bura Girls; Kenyatta High Mwatate; Dr. Aggrey High School.
Tana River County: Ngao Girls Secondary School; Hola Boys Secondary School.
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