Giakanja Secondary School Description
Giakanja Secondary School is a government boys boarding school located in Kianjogu Sub location, Karundu Location, Tetu Division, Tetu Constituency in Nyeri County. For further information please see the contacts below.
The school was started in 1962 with one classroom and an office, built through the American AID program. It was opened on 19th May 1962 by a Mr. G. Mennen Williams, the then U.S Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. It admitted its first students of 9 boys and remained a boys-only day school until 1997 when it started admitting both boys and girls. The girls were phased out in 1993.
Between 1997 and 1995 the school was mixed secondary school and its enrollment rose to 800 because there was acute demand for secondary education for both boys and girls.
In 1995, day schooling was phased out, making the school a pure boys boarding school. Unlike other schools of its time, the school did not start the A-level classes that offered Advanced level curriculum. However, the school’s physical facilities were greatly enhanced between 1978-2014 so that today the school has Formally a DEB school now sponsored by County Education Board.
Giakanja Secondary School Contacts
To get more information concerning this Secondary School, kindly use the contacts below.
School Name: Giakanja Secondary School
Physical Location: Nyeri-Othayo Road
Address: P.o Box 166 Nyeri
City/Town: Nyeri
County: Nyeri
School Category: Public
School Code :
Phone Number: 061-2301059
Email: giakanja@yahoo.com
Website: www.giakanja.secondary.school.co.ke
School Admission
Students are selected based on academic merit and quota as per the education policy. Academic merit is based on the performance of the K.C.P.E exams. Its quota system sees to it that the school admits students from every county in the country though with bias to students from public schools as the current education policy requires.
School Curriculum
The school offers the KCSE (8-4-4 Kenya National Curriculum) from Form 1 to Form 4.
In the KCSE, subjects offered are: English, Mathematics, Kiswahili, Chemistry, Biology and Physics, Christian Religious Education, History and Government, Geography, Art and Design, Business Studies, Agriculture and Computer Studies.
Vision: To be leading excellence in the provision of Secondary education in the region and beyond.
Mission: To deliver a student-centered holistic Secondary Education to inspire students in the school to strive for academic excellence and discipline for self-reliance and fostering the spirit of responsibility, patriotism, and nationhood.
Core Value
- God Fearing
- Hard Work
- Commitment
- Endurance
- Integrity
- Time Management
School Fees and Account Number
For details on school fees and school account number concerning this Secondary school, kindly contact the school’s principals office.
Giakanja Secondary School – Highlights
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