Asumbi Girls High School

Senior-school information — 2026 intake

Senior-school cluster: C1
County: HOMA BAY
Administrative subcounty: RANGWE
KNEC code: 41700004
UIC: WMWC
Gender: Girls
Day / boarding: Boarding
Ownership: Public

C1 is the senior-school cluster that corresponds to the former national schools.

Cluster explanation: Government of Kenya, MyGov, 24 June 2025.

2026 public boarding-school parent fee ceiling: KSh 53,554 or KSh 40,535, depending on the school's previously approved tier. This school's tier is not listed here.

Fee source: Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449, effective 5 January 2026. For selection and placement updates, use the government portal.

Cluster and identifiers: December 2025 senior-school list, row 32. This list is hosted by Education News and attributed to the Ministry of Education.

Other dated register details: Teachers Arena (Ministry register mirror), row 1680. Published 2025-06-01; captured 2026-09-10.

The dated register does not confirm current vacancies, school-specific fees, boarding capacity or support services.

The earlier directory record and historical information are retained below.

Earlier directory summary

Asumbi Girls High School is in Homa Bay County (Rangwe Constituency).

Asumbi Girls High School is a girls day secondary school.

Asumbi Girls’ High School was started on 19th March 1936, by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Saint Joseph as Lower Boarding Primary school, with a small population of pupils, sponsored by the Mill Hill missionaries of the then Catholic Diocese of Kisumu. The school progressed and became an intermediate school going up to std VIII. In 1965 the first form one students were admitted. Three years later in 1968 the primary section was phased out. The following year 1969 the first secondary students sat their “ O” Level examinations.
Those who passed well proceeded to “A” Level Art class in 1970. in 1979 Science class of “A” Level added to the existing Art class. With introduction of the 8-4-4 system of education, the “A” level classes were phased out in 1989. The school is a four streamed public provincial Girls boarding secondary school.

The school sits on 20 acres of land. From this humble beginning Asumbi Girls’ Secondary School became a full fledged Government maintained School in 1965 managed by Board of governors legally constituted by the Ministry of Education.
The school has maintained it’s catholic tradition. The school’s sponsorship has been passed on from the management of initial Catholic Diocese of Kisumu to the Catholic Diocese of Kisii and presently it is under the sponsorship of Catholic Diocese of Homabay.

There were 13 classrooms, 6 dormitories, a dining hall, a kitchen, ablution blocks and three teacher’s houses. The Kenya Government through the World Bank helped the school to build 4 dormitories block and four blocks of the Teaching staff houses.

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Earlier directory details

Legacy directory code: F6020188

Address: Private Bag,Kisii

Level: Secondary School

Day/Boarding: Day

Gender: Girls

Ownership: Public

Sponsor: Religious Organisation

Student Needs: Ordinary

Facts

Acreage: 18

Acreage per enrolment: 44.1

Pupil Teacher Ratio: 0.0

Total Enrolment: 794

Total Teaching staff: 35

Location

County: Homa Bay

Constituency: Rangwe

Province: Nyanza

District: Homa Bay

Division: Rangwe

Location: East Kagan

Sub Location: Kajulu

Staff

TSC Male Teachers: 16

TSC Female Teachers: 12

Local Authority Male Teachers: 0

Local Authority Female Teachers: 0

PTA Board of Governors Male Teacher: 3

PTA Board of Governors Female Teacher: 4

Other Male Teachers: 0

Other Female Teachers: 0

Non Teaching Staff Male: 32

Non Teaching Staff Female: 22

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Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM · 20 combinations

Pure Sciences · 5

Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry (ST1042)
Aviation, Biology, Chemistry (ST1043)
Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry (ST1045)
Biology, Chemistry, Computer Studies (ST1046)
Biology, Chemistry, Physics (ST1048)

Applied Sciences · 8

Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies (ST2044)
Agriculture, Biology, Computer Studies (ST2057)
Agriculture, Biology, Geography (ST2071)
Agriculture, Biology, Home Science (ST2081)
Agriculture, Chemistry, Home Science (ST2086)
Agriculture, Geography, Physics (ST2075)
Biology, Computer Studies, Geography (ST2011)
Chemistry, Computer Studies, Geography (ST2013)

Technical Studies · 7

Aviation, Geography, Physics (ST3121)
Biology, Geography, Media Technology (ST3077)
Business Studies, Chemistry, Marine & Fisheries (ST3030)
Chemistry, Electricity, Geography (ST3017)
Chemistry, Geography, Marine & Fisheries (ST3054)
Chemistry, Geography, Media Technology (ST3078)
Electricity, Geography, Physics (ST3026)

Social Sciences · 8 combinations

Humanities & Business Studies · 8

Business Studies, Christian Religious Education, History & Citizenship (SS2008)
Business Studies, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2025)
Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, History & Citizenship (SS2064)
Christian Religious Education, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, History & Citizenship (SS2069)
Christian Religious Education, French, History & Citizenship (SS2075)
Christian Religious Education, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2019)
Christian Religious Education, German, History & Citizenship (SS2079)
Christian Religious Education, History & Citizenship, Literature in English (SS2082)

Arts & Sports Science · 5 combinations

Arts · 3

Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Fine Arts, Theatre & Film (AS1008)
Fine Arts, French, Music & Dance (AS1026)
Fine Arts, German, Music & Dance (AS1029)

Sports · 2

General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film (AS2038)
Media Technology, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film (AS2036)

Subjects in these combinations · 23

Agriculture, Aviation, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Electricity, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Fine Arts, French, General Science, Geography, German, History & Citizenship, Home Science, Literature in English, Marine & Fisheries, Media Technology, Music & Dance, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film

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