Public senior school
Chewoyet High School
A C1 boys' boarding senior school in West Pokot sub-county, West Pokot County.
Chewoyet High School is a Boys boarding school, located in Kapenguria location, West Pokot County. It situated about four kilometres from Kapenguria town, in West Pokot County . It was among the first two premier government secondary schools in the North Rift, the other was Kapsabet Boys. The school, sitting on 400 acres and earlier known as the Rift Valley Junior Secondary School, was first an agriculture college in the 1940’s.
Notable alumni of the school — that was elevated to a national school in 2012 include; former Vice President the late Kijana Wamalwa, the first school captain and his brother, Eugene Wamalwa the designate Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary, former Chief of the General Staff Daudi Tonje, former Nairobi Town Clerk John Gakuo, Education PS Dr Bellio Kipsang and the late Rift Valley PC Ishmail Chelang’a.
School details
- Level
- Secondary School
- Gender
- Boys
- Boarding or day
- Boarding
- Ownership
- Public
- Sponsor
- Central Government/DEB
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Postal address
- PRIVATE BAG KAPEGURIA
Admissions & fees
For the 2026 intake.
- Cluster
- C1
- C1 schools are the former national schools; learners can pick three of these in selection.
- KNEC code
- 24500022
- UIC
- XJVN
- 2026 fees
- KSh 53,554 or 40,535 per year, depending on the approved tier
- Government-set schedule, not an individual school invoice.
- Placement portal
- Government selection and placement portal
Location
Nearby schools
- St Francis School For The Blind (1119.53m)
- Psigirio Pri (1143.24m)
- Kapenguria Boys High Sch (1305.82m)
- Rev Murupus Academy (1317.88m)
- Rev Murupus Sec (1317.88m)
Other details
- Level
- Secondary School
- School code
- B7170147
- Gender
- Boys
- Day/boarding
- Boarding
- Address
- PRIVATE BAG KAPEGURIA
- Ownership
- Public
- Sponsor
- Central Government/DEB
- Student needs
- Ordinary
- Acreage
- 295
- Acreage per enrolment
- 2.1
- Pupil Teacher Ratio
- 20.3:1 (2007)
- Total Enrolment
- 630
- Total Teaching staff
- 31
- County
- West Pokot
- Constituency
- Kapenguria
- Province
- Rift Valley
- District
- West Pokot
- Division
- Kapenguria
- Location
- Kapenguria
- Sub-location
- Mwotot
- School zone
- Siyoi
Staff counts (2007)
| Staff type | Number |
|---|---|
| TSC Male Teachers | 20 |
| TSC Female Teachers | 3 |
| Local Authority Male Teachers | 0 |
| Local Authority Female Teachers | 0 |
| PTA Board of Governors Male Teacher | 6 |
| PTA Board of Governors Female Teacher | 2 |
| Other Male Teachers | 0 |
| Other Female Teachers | 0 |
| Non Teaching Staff Male | 25 |
| Non Teaching Staff Female | 5 |
Data sources
The school description and other details come from the 2013 school data. Staff and facility figures show their recorded years. Classification and codes come from the 2026 senior-school register.
- December 2025 senior-school list, row 201.
- June 2025 senior-school register, row 9516; checked 1 October 2026.
- Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 for the 2026 fee schedule.
- Kenya Open Data Initiative.
- Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors; county outline: geoBoundaries.