Kapsabet Boys High School

Senior-school information — 2026 intake

Senior-school cluster: C1
County: NANDI
Administrative subcounty: CHESUMEI
KNEC code: 29500006
UIC: JBLC
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 148. This list is hosted by Education News and attributed to the Ministry of Education.

Other dated register details: Teachers Arena (Ministry register mirror), row 7010. 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

Kapsabet Boys High School is in Nandi County (Chesumei Constituency).

Kapsabet Boys High School is a boys boarding secondary school.

Kapsabet High School dates from 1925. Building began on 4 February that year on land beside the eastern edge of Kapsabet township, and by March prospective students had put up enough mud-and-wattle huts for the school to open. It was first called the Governmental Nandi Industrial School. Work on its first permanent building began in November 1926.

An elementary teacher-training course started in 1942, and in 1948 the school became a junior secondary school. Form Three began in 1952, and in 1954 the first Form Four class sat the Kenya African Senior School Examination. In 2011 it was raised from a provincial to a national school.

Today it is a national boys’ boarding school in Kapsabet, Nandi County. Its motto is “Strive to Excel”.

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Earlier directory details

Legacy directory code: B7100072

Address: 10 Kapsabet

Level: Secondary School

Day/Boarding: Boarding

Gender: Boys

Ownership: Public

Sponsor: Religious Organisation

Founded: 1925

Motto: Strive to Excel

Student Needs: Ordinary

Facts

Acreage: 80

Board Teaching staff: 10

Dining halls: 1

Dormitories: 20

Toilets: 160

Total Enrolment: 1,979

Total Teaching staff: 101

Transition to university after KCSE 2024: 492

TSC Teaching staff: 91

Pupil Teacher Ratio: 19.6

Location

County: Nandi

Constituency: Chesumei

Province: Rift Valley

District: Nandi North

Division: Kapsabet

Location: Kapsabet

Sub Location: Township

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Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM · 16 combinations

Pure Sciences · 2

Biology, Chemistry, Physics (ST1048)
Chemistry, Physics, Wood Work (ST1049)

Applied Sciences · 6

Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies (ST2044)
Agriculture, Building & Construction, Computer Studies (ST2058)
Agriculture, Building & Construction, Home Science (ST2083)
Agriculture, Computer Studies, Physics (ST2067)
Agriculture, Computer Studies, Power Mechanics (ST2068)
Agriculture, Computer Studies, Wood Work (ST2069)

Technical Studies · 8

Aviation, Geography, Physics (ST3121)
Business Studies, Chemistry, Metal Work (ST3085)
Business Studies, Chemistry, Power Mechanics (ST3107)
Business Studies, Metal Work, Physics (ST3092)
Business Studies, Physics, Power Mechanics (ST3115)
Computer Studies, Electricity, Geography (ST3006)
Computer Studies, Geography, Power Mechanics (ST3016)
Geography, Physics, Wood Work (ST3071)

Social Sciences · 13 combinations

Humanities & Business Studies · 13

Business Studies, Christian Religious Education, Geography (SS2001)
Business Studies, Computer Studies, History & Citizenship (SS2095)
Business Studies, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Geography (SS2073)
Business Studies, General Science, Geography (SS2067)
Business Studies, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2025)
Christian Religious Education, French, Geography (SS2040)
Christian Religious Education, French, History & Citizenship (SS2075)
Christian Religious Education, General Science, History & Citizenship (SS2076)
Computer Studies, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2024)
French, Geography, History & Citizenship (SS2016)
French, Geography, Islamic Religious Education (SS2039)
Geography, History & Citizenship, Literature in English (SS2004)
History & Citizenship, Islamic Religious Education, Literature in English (SS2083)

Arts & Sports Science · 10 combinations

Arts · 4

Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Fine Arts, Music & Dance (AS1025)
Fine Arts, French, Music & Dance (AS1026)
Fine Arts, French, Theatre & Film (AS1009)
Fine Arts, Literature in English, Theatre & Film (AS1014)

Sports · 6

Computer Studies, Fine Arts, Sports & Recreation (AS2039)
General Science, Music & Dance, Sports & Recreation (AS2046)
General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film (AS2038)
Home Science, Music & Dance, Sports & Recreation (AS2055)
Literature in English, Music & Dance, Sports & Recreation (AS2047)
Media Technology, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film (AS2036)

Subjects in these combinations · 26

Agriculture, Aviation, Biology, Building & Construction, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Electricity, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Fine Arts, French, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Home Science, Islamic Religious Education, Literature in English, Media Technology, Metal Work, Music & Dance, Physics, Power Mechanics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film, Wood Work

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