Kapsabet High School

Kapsabet High School is a boys' national school located in Kapsabet, Nandi County, Kenya, 40 kilometres from Eldoret town.

The school was founded in 1925 as the Government African School (GAS). It is one of the oldest high schools in the country.

It has made huge developments since its start, and is now sailing at greater heights. It was upgraded to national status in 2011 with Kipchumba Maiyo as the Chief Principal.

It has a long history with the first person getting admitted to the school being Elijah arap Cheruiyot Chepkwony – Adm 001. The school is partitioned into two; the old school and the modern school. The old school has been made to be a private primary school, Kapsabet High Primary School . The primary school is performing well in the KCPE examinations each and every year.

The school has had good performance in the national examinations, Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). During the 2013 exam the school was ranked fourth nationally. In the 2014 examination it was ranked second nationally after Moi High School-Kabarak.

In the 2015 form one admission cycle, it received over 60000 applications and accepted about 300 students.

In the 2015 examination, it had a mean score of 11.16 out of 12, with over 70 students getting the maximum grade of A-plain. It started humbly but has had the graph of its performance always improving right from 2010 when Kipchumba Maiyo entered as principal.

The school's principal is Kipchumba Maiyo and the Board of Governors is chaired by former army General Augustine Cheruiyot.

The school administration consists also of a prefects’ body of about 80 prefects. They are headed by the supreme captain assisted by five deputy school captains in charge of:

The school has 19 dorms which are further grouped to nine houses. The house basis is used for Inter-house academic contests, games, house parties, meals and many other activities. The school is a state of the art institution full of amazing works of architecture. The new 360-bed dormitory, Koitalel Dorm, a three storey building, is a contribution of the alumni in the school’s development. The dorms have hot showers, ironing and laundry bays, modern cubicles and many other amazing things.

A new 816 bed capacity dorm is being built by the school. The mega-project is a luxurious one costing over 150 million shillings.

With an alumni network of more than 10,000 students, Kapsabet has produced alumni in different fields including top leaders in Kenya. Some of its notable alumni include Kenya's political elite.

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