Chewoyet High School

Senior-school information — 2026 intake

Senior-school cluster: C1
County: WEST POKOT
Administrative subcounty: WEST POKOT
KNEC code: 24500022
UIC: XJVN
Gender: Boys
Day / boarding: Boarding
Ownership: Public

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 201. This list is hosted by Education News and attributed to the Ministry of Education.

Other dated register details: Teachers Arena (Ministry register mirror), row 9516. 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

Chewoyet High School is in West Pokot County (Kapenguria Constituency).

Chewoyet High School is a boys boarding secondary school.

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.

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Earlier directory details

Legacy directory code: B7170147

Address: Private Bag Kapeguria

Level: Secondary School

Day/Boarding: Boarding

Gender: Boys

Ownership: Public

Sponsor: Central Government/DEB

Student Needs: Ordinary

Facts

Acreage: 295

Board Teaching staff: 13

Dining halls: 1

Dormitories: 12

Laboratories: 5

Libraries: 2

Toilets: 53

Total Enrolment: 1,530

Total Number of Classrooms: 28

Total Teaching staff: 89

Transition to university or college after KCSE 2023: 288

Pupil Teacher Ratio: 17.2

Location

County: West Pokot

Constituency: Kapenguria

Province: Rift Valley

District: West Pokot

Division: Kapenguria

Location: Kapenguria

Sub Location: Mwotot

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Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM · 16 combinations

Pure Sciences · 5

Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry (ST1042)
Biology, Building & Construction, Chemistry (ST1044)
Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry (ST1045)
Biology, Chemistry, Computer Studies (ST1046)
Biology, Chemistry, Physics (ST1048)

Applied Sciences · 7

Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies (ST2044)
Agriculture, Biology, Geography (ST2071)
Agriculture, Chemistry, Computer Studies (ST2059)
Agriculture, Computer Studies, Physics (ST2067)
Agriculture, Geography, Physics (ST2075)
Building & Construction, Computer Studies, Geography (ST2012)
Computer Studies, Geography, Physics (ST2018)

Technical Studies · 4

Chemistry, Electricity, Geography (ST3017)
Chemistry, Geography, Power Mechanics (ST3015)
Electricity, Geography, Physics (ST3026)
Geography, Physics, Power Mechanics (ST3023)

Social Sciences · 10 combinations

Humanities & Business Studies · 10

Business Studies, Christian Religious Education, History & Citizenship (SS2008)
Business Studies, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2025)
Business Studies, Geography, Literature in English (SS2061)
Christian Religious Education, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Geography (SS2035)
Christian Religious Education, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, History & Citizenship (SS2069)
Christian Religious Education, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2019)
Computer Studies, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2024)
Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2018)
French, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2016)
Geography, History & Citizenship, Literature in English (SS2004)

Arts & Sports Science · 3 combinations

Arts · 1

Literature in English, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film (AS1053)

Sports · 2

Business Studies, Fine Arts, Sports & Recreation (AS2043)
General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film (AS2038)

Subjects in these combinations · 19

Agriculture, Biology, Building & Construction, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Electricity, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Fine Arts, French, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Literature in English, Physics, Power Mechanics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film

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