Alliance, St Mary's, Kenya High, Prince of Wales

 

Alliance High School

In the early days of the colonial era in Kenya, the colonialists believed that Africans should not be allowed an education beyond the basic level as they would not benefit from any higher education. The rationale was that Africans were only useful as a source of cheap labour. Missionaries who had been arriving in the country from the beginning of the 20th century strongly opposed this idea.

During the 1920s, Jomo Kenyatta, who was in England at the time, urged Kikuyu parents to send their children to "Mission" schools. He made the point in several editions of the Kikuyu newspaper "Mwigithania" which he edited. He had clearly understood the value of a good modern education. His stay in England convinced him of that. He told anyone who would listen: "We will need well-educated people for when we get Uhuru." When Uhuru did come, plane loads of Kenyas went mainly to the US colleges but also to the UK. 

I reckon the greatest gift that British colonialism gave to Kenya was just that: a good British education, especially the Anglicans and the Catholics. 

The missionaries had been trying to set up primary schools to provide basic education to Africans, but they faced challenges due to a lack of funding. Dr. John Arthur, who was in charge of the Kikuyu mission arranged for a conference with other Protestant missions to address these problems. The first meeting took place in 1913 in Kikuyu. Later in the year 1918, the Alliance of Protestant Missions was formed comprising the Church of Scotland Mission, the Church of the Province of Kenya, the African Inland Mission, the Friends Church (Quakers) and the Methodist Church.

Dr Arthur pushed the British government to open education to Kenyans and all Africans in all colonies. He believed that Kenyans should be given access to primary, secondary and tertiary level education as a matter of right. His efforts bore fruit when the Devonshire White Paper was written in 1923. This meant that Africans were also entitled to quality education. Dr Arthur realised the need to have new institutions set up. He worked tirelessly, without the government's backing to establish a high school for Africans in Kikuyu. The school was finally established on 1 March 1926 under the auspices of the Alliance of Protestant Missions. Thus, the Alliance High School was born.

Edward Carey Francis OBE, (13 September 1897 – 27 July 1966) was a British mathematician and Anglican missionary to Kenya, where he became "arguably the most influential educationist in Kenya's modern history".

He was born in Hampstead, London. He was educated first at William Ellis School, becoming head boy of the school and captain of the cricket, football, tennis and athletics teams. After school he enlisted in the British Army, serving in the First World War with the Royal Field Artillery and being mentioned in despatches. On completion of the war, he took up a scholarship to read mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge.

After graduating, in 1922 he became a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge and Director of Studies in Mathematics. He left Cambridge in 1928 when he joined the Church Missionary Society. He was posted to Kenya and became firstly a teacher and later Headmaster of Maseno School in Nyanza between 1928 and 1940. He shortly served as a Mathematics teacher at Duke of York School (Lenana School). He then served as Headmaster at Alliance High School between 1940 and 1962. During his time at Alliance, he developed a mythical-like reputation as an inspiring teacher, educating many future politicians. In later years, between 1962 and 1966 he was Assistant Master at Pumwani High School.^[4] In Jomo Kenyatta's first cabinet, nine out of the fifteen members had studied under Francis at Alliance.

Francis died in Nairobi on 27 July 1966 and was buried within the grounds of Alliance High School. On his death, a silence was held in Parliament, an honour usually reserved for Heads of State. (Wikipedia)

 

St Mary’s School

Also known as Saints, St Mary’s School is a prestigious private primary and secondary academy in Nairobi.  The school, sponsored by the Roman Catholic Church was founded in 1939. Other than the Kenyan primary and secondary educational curriculum, this school also offers the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) certification and International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. Despite being a boys learning institution, female students are only allowed to enrol for the IB Diploma Programme.

President Uhuru Kenyatta (courtesy of Standard media)

The school, which initially started with temporary structures, sits on 85 acres that belong to St Austin’s Mission in Muthangari. The current school structures, including the twin towers which stand at the school’s quadrangle, were completed in 1954. The current staffroom, which is located between the twin towers, used to be the school’s library.

In its early days, St Mary’s School was the preferred learning institution for children of influential Kenyans, among them the first President Jomo Kenyatta, and his two successors, Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki.

St Mary’s School has endeavoured to develop individuals who are all-rounded and confident by focusing on academic, spiritual and physical aspects. The school has also strived to promote high-level discipline, self-expression and God-centred living.

Students who pass through this institution are trained to be principled, effective communicators, caring and innovative. This explains why the school administrators have nurtured strong clubs and associations including math club, rugby, Christian Union, charity club, drama and violin, among others, to nurture student’s talents.

This school’s administration makes sure that Parents Day is a memorable event for students and parents. For instance, matches between parents and students during Parents’ day are a common phenomenon. Some students recall an occasion when a parent got seriously injured and was rushed to the school’s health facility after playing with an under-13 team. Instead of showing empathy, this became a laughing matter for many students who were unable to figure out how a youngster could injure an adult.

Recognise anyone in this Standard photo?

“Its notable alumni include the country’s foremost political, business and healthcare leaders.

They include President Uhuru Kenyatta, his brother Muhoho Kenyatta, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo, the late Fidel Odinga, Veteran journalist Jeff Koinange, who was Uhuru’s classmate, Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o, rally driver Ian Duncan, Baringo Senator Gideon Moi, popular musician Eric Wainaina, Businessman and politician Jimi Wanjigi, former anti-graft czar John Githongo and Owiso Odera, a former TV actor.

At one time during an alumni function, President Kenyatta, donning a blazer complete with the school logo and tie, joked about how the school dean who doubled up as the discipline master would always give him three strokes of the cane whenever he breached school rules.

Others who wore white shirts, black trousers, grey pullovers and stripped ties include Tony Munene, a Thika businessman, Jimmy Kibaki, Mohammed Sheikh, a former Kenyan international cricketer and Dele Young, a Kenyan international tennis player.”

 

 

 

 

Kenya High School

The Kenya High School had its beginnings in 1910 when a co-educational school called the Nairobi European School began in buildings designed for police Barracks. In 1931 the boys were separated from the girls. In 1935, the school was renamed The European Girls Secondary School and had its first Headmistress, Miss Kerby appointed. The buildings consisted partly of temporary wooden huts located on the compound of the present Nairobi Primary school, with whom the secondary school shared the present buildings. Staff housing was scattered in the vicinity of Protectorate Hill. In 1939, the school was renamed The Kenya High School.

In 1942, Miss Stott succeeded Miss Kerby. By this time, because of the existing overcrowding and lack of modern facilities, there was considerable demand for a new school.

By 1944, the present site of about 100 acres on Kileleshwa Hill had been approved and sterling pound 150 had been voted in the 1945 budget as a token sum towards the laying out of the grounds. Eventually, the total cost of building and laying out the grounds reached sterling pounds 700,000.

The present school began to take shape and in 1950, 100 boarders moved into two boarding blocks of the partially completed new school. The site at that time looked very different from today. The trees and flowering shrubs, which do so much to enhance and beautify the grounds, remained to be planted; the chapel, the library, and the swimming pool were yet to be built.

The swimming pool was completed in December 1952, with the aid of a government loan. This loan was finally paid off at the end of 1967. The Chapel was dedicated in 1959 and the library opened in 1963. In 1963, Miss Stott retired and Miss Leeves took over.

Just prior to miss Stott’s retirement, the first African and Asian girls were admitted. The first African girl to be admitted in 1961 was Ann Mithamo During the four years of Miss Leevers’ headship, the inter-racial pattern of the school began to take shape. Before Miss Leevers left, she handed over to Miss Barnes. In 1967 plans had been made for the building of the Art Studio. Later in 1967, it was decided to extend the plan of the Art room to include a Music room and Music practice room. This block was completed early in 1969 when the Hon. D. T. Arap Moi officially opened on sports day. The school is still without an assembly which had to be omitted from an earlier building plan owing to lack of funds.

In 1974 the school was taken over by the government and it began to take more African pupils and teachers. The first African Headmistress was Mrs R. Kariuki. She took over from Miss Barnes in January 1977 and left in July of the same year after handing over the school to Mrs M. W. Wanjohi on 22nd July 1977 to August 1999. After Mrs Wanjohi’s retirement in September 1999, Mrs Rosemary Saina took over from September 1999 to July 2015, She Handed over to the Deputy Mrs Lucy Mugendi who stayed up to December 31st 2015 and later handed over to Mrs Flora Mulatya who also handed over Chief Principal MS. Virginia Wahome.

There was a school committee as early as 1932, whose members dedicated themselves to the well-being of the school, in 1960, these duties were transferred to the board of governors. The school has had very able Heads of the board of governors e.g. Sir Phillip Mitchell (1960-1963), and Mr J. G. Francis(1963-1965) and it is particularly indebted to Mr Charles Njonjo who served the school for 10 years (1966-1976), Mr Geoffrey  Kariithi (1977-1988), Dr Eddah Gachukia (1984-1988) became the first lady chairperson of the board, Ms Margaret W. Kenyatta (1989-1996), Mrs Damaris Ayodo who served in the board from 1975 became chairperson (1996-1999), Mrs Rebecca Masese took over from 1999 to 2015 When Mr Philip Njuki took over to date.

History cannot forget many dedicated people who played a very significant role in the running of the school such as Mr. Mortimer who donated the former main gate. There are several tables and chairs in the library donated by individual parents. In her will, Molly Nesbitt left part of her money as a bursary to the best French students annually.

Apart from these individuals, the government gave all the monies for capital development. In the early 1980s, cost-sharing between the parents and the government was affected. The present Parents Teachers Association was started on 12th July 1979. The idea was proposed by Professor J.M. Mungai who became the first chairman. The following people acted as the caretakers in the executive committee until the Annual General Meeting was held. Professor Joseph M. Mungai, Ven. John Kago, Professor F. A. Mutere, Professor V. K. Gupta, Mrs M. Mpaayei, Mr B.O.  Okudo, Mrs Grace Ogot, Mr C. A. De Ameida, Mr Davidson Ngini, and M. L. Handa, Deputy Registrar General.

Prince of Wales, Nairobi School

On 24 September 1929 the foundation stone was laid by Sir Edward Grigg, Governor of Kenya colony, for a school with a capacity of 80 boys. Under the stone was preserved a copy of the newspaper of the day. The School opened in 1931, not only for the 80 boys it was designed, but with 84 boarders and 20-day boys. The headmaster felt the old name 'Kabete Boys Secondary School' was too clumsy and it was given the name 'Prince of Wales School', with the Prince of Wales feathers inserted between the horns of a Royal Impala as the School badge, accompanied by the school motto "TO THE UTTERMOST".

Enrolment proved higher than initially anticipated, requiring new classrooms. Due to a general shortage of cement, the first wooden classrooms were erected around 1938. The School population increased further because of the Second World War and the Kenya Governor authorised the building of corrugated iron dormitories (the group of buildings that later became Intermediate/Fletcher House – the current Music Room). It was called 'Lacey's Landies'. The effects of the war were felt more when the Italians joined in June 1940, including the fear of bombing, and it was made a day school. In June 1940, a military hospital took over the buildings and the students were moved back to the European Nairobi School (the present Nairobi Primary School.)

During the Christmas break of 1941, the whole school came back to Kabete, and the space at the European Nairobi School was taken over by the Girls' Secondary School. In 1942, European education was made compulsory and enrolment increased so much that new temporary classrooms were needed. The wooden classrooms were erected as a "temporary wartime measure." Clive, Grigg, Hawke and Rhodes Houses (the only four houses at the time) were all accommodated in the permanent building adjacent to the tuition block. Today those are two houses, known as Marsabit and Elgon. The period 1943 to 1944 saw the Rhodes/Nicholson complex being built, which is the Serengeti and Athi Houses complex today. A Sanatorium and School Hall were constructed in 1945. A sister school, the Duke of York school (today, Lenana School) was founded in 1948.

This is a view of the Administration Block from the back. The open space is the School's Quadrangle. Today the school, named after Kenya's capital, is one of the leading National Schools in the country. Nairobi School sits on over 80 ha (200 acres) of land about 11 kilometres from the city centre and has over 1100 students currently enrolled. The current Chief Principal is Mr. Caspal Momanyi Maina. He came from Kisii School still a principal of the institution.

Nairobi School Cadets-Kenya Regiment

Nairobi School had a cadet training course of paramilitary standard in which students could enrol. The cadet course was started in the colonial era when Mau Mau activity was at its peak. After the colonial era Kenya Regiment, the school continued with the cadet course until stopped by the government after the unsuccessful 1982 coup d'état. The cadet section had uniforms, guns, ammunition, an armoury, a parade ground with adjacent stores and offices and a shooting range.

Kenya Regiment cadets took part in march-pasts during National Days. They also used to be assigned sentry duty at the main gate and around the school at night. Successful cadets who passed out would be issued rank. The cadets, after completion of their form 6 education, could further their careers by joining the armed forces as officer cadets.

Lenana School

Formely The Duke of York School

Lenana School is a well-known public high school located in Nairobi, Kenya. The school was founded in 1949 by colonial authorities and named after the legendary Maasai warrior, Lenana. The school started as a small institution with a few classrooms, offering basic education to a handful of students. Over the years, the school grew in size and reputation, becoming one of the most prestigious high schools in Kenya. The school has produced numerous successful and influential individuals, including politicians, business leaders, and sports personalities. The school has a rich history of academic excellence and a tradition of sporting prowess. Students are encouraged to develop their talents in various fields, including music, drama, and sports. The school has a well-equipped sports facility, which has produced many outstanding athletes who have represented the country in international competitions. Despite the challenges facing the education sector in Kenya, Lenana School has maintained its high standards of education, providing quality education to thousands of students from all over the country. The school has a dedicated team of teachers who are committed to imparting knowledge and skills to their students. Lenana School has also been involved in various community development projects, aimed at improving the lives of the people in the surrounding areas. These projects include the construction of schools and health clinics, provision of clean water, and support for vulnerable groups in the society.

I will add a piece on Maseno College and Strathmore College and others as soon as I can dig up the material! Any other major school worthy of mention?

FROM WIKIPEDIA

Historical records, not only from the travels of Johann Ludwig Krapf and Johannes Rebmann, reveal that Swahilis had access to education as far back as 1728 with a Swahili manuscript Utendi wa Tambuka (Book of Heraclius) attesting to the fact. The CMS missionaries interacted with locals in the coastal town of Mombasa and set up one of the earliest mission schools in the country at Rabai in 1846.

With the expansion of the railway from Mombasa to Uganda, the missionaries expanded their work into Kenya's interior. An attempt to set up a school and mission at Yatta in 1894 was resisted by the Kamba tribe. The missionaries then penetrated into western Kenya and set up schools and missions. The first school in western Kenya was established at Kaimosi in 1903.

During the colonial era, the number of Kenyans with exposure to education steadily increased and a good number of them were privileged to proceed abroad for further education. Among those who furthered their education abroad in the colonial era were Jomo Kenyatta, who attended Woodbrooke College and London School of Economics, Charles Njonjo, who attended Gray's Inn Law School, Peter Mbiyu Koinange, who attended Columbia University, Mwai Kibaki who attended London School of Economics, R. Mugo Gatheru who attended Roosevelt University, Tom Mboya, who attended Ruskin College, Oxford, Masinde Muliro, who attended University of Cape Town, Julius Gikonyo Kiano who attended Stanford University, and Barack Obama Sr., who attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Between 1959 and 1963, eight hundred Kenyan students attended US and Canadian universities.^[2]

Julius Gikonyo Kiano was the first Kenyan to obtain a PhD. The trend steadily rose over the years and by the time of independence in 1963, 840,000 African children were attending elementary school.

Alliance Girls High School

Founded in 1948 by the Alliance of Protestant Missions, Alliance Girls’ High School was the first institution of higher secondary education for African girls in Kenya, and served in parallel with Kenya High School which at that time only admitted European girls. Before Kenyan independence it was called African Girls High School. Alliance Girls High School sits on 71 acres of land in Kiambu West district, Central Province, originally donated by the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.

In 1961, Alliance Girls High School was one of the first five schools in Africa to offer the Higher School Certificate (at the time, the equivalent of A Levels and a requirement for university entrance). Prior to the establishment of Alliance Girls High School, a few girls had been admitted to the predominantly male Alliance High School.

Pre-Independence Schools in Kenya

History form 1

Institutionalised education in Kenya had begun way before the country became independent in 1963, with at least sixty schools having been established by various groups and for various communities.

Schools for Ethnic Africans[edit]

Majority of the education institutions formed for ethnic Africans in the East Africa Protectorate were started by Christian missionaries. Their stated purpose was to “civilise and convert the African”. They also set up teacher training college-type institutions whose graduates went back to their villages as “evangelists” to “break the yoke of primitivity and usher in civilisation”.^[3] Some schools were started through local community initiatives.

1.     Rabai Mission School near Mombasa (1847): established by missionaries Johann Ludwig Krapf and Johannes Rebmann from the Anglican Church Mission Society

2.     United Methodist School (1862): (later in 1963 the co-educational Ribe Secondary School, in 1989 Ribe Boys and Ribe Girls High Schools), established at Ribe, Kilifi County

3.     The Mary Leakey Girls' High School (1901): established at Kabete as a co-educational mission school by Rev. A. W. McGregor of the Church Mission Society (CMS), and later named after the founder of the girls' section, Mary Bazett Leakey^[4]

4.     Friends Africa Industrial Mission (1903): (later Kaimosi Friends Elementary School in 1904, now Kaimosi Friends Primary School), established in Kaimosi, Nandi County by American Quaker missionaries

5.     Maseno School (1906): established in Maseno by the Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) for the children of local ethnic chiefs, currently sponsored by the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) and overseen by the Diocese of Maseno South

6.     Nyeri High School (1907): established in Nyeri as a primary school along with the neighbouring St. Paul Seminary and the Mathari Mission Hospital by the Consolata Missionary Sisters

7.     Tumutumu Mission School (1908): (now Tumutumu Girls' High School and Kagumo Teachers College) established as a co-ed primary school in Nyeri County by the Church of Scotland Mission

8.     Kabare School (1911): (from 1964 Kabare Girls High School), established by the Church Mission Society in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County, after area coffee farmers agreed to each contribute two cents per half kilogramme of cherry thereby raising over KES 80,000.^[5]

9.     Mutige School (1911): (later Mutige Boys School), established by the Church Mission Society in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County, after area coffee farmers agreed to each contribute two cents per half kilogramme of cherry thereby raising over KES 80,000.^[5]

10.  Government African School Machakos (1915): formed as a boys' primary school, from 1946 a co-educational primary school. In 1950 the boys' section relocated to become Machakos School; the girls section was renamed Government African Girls’ Intermediate School, which gave rise to today's Machakos Girls' High School^[6]

11.  Butere Girls High School (1916): founded as a primary school in Butere, Kakamega County by the Irish missionary Jane Elizabeth Chadwick (Church Mission Society, CMS)

12.  Kabaa High School (1923): established by the Catholic Church in Machakos County

13.  Harambee Waa School (1923): (later Waa Boys High School), established in Kwale County by missionaries of the Holy Ghost Catholic Fathers^[7]

14.  Central Training School for Catechists (1925): (later Catholic Central School and Kabaa School, now Mang'u High School), established in Thika by Dutch priest Michael Joseph Witte (from the Holy Ghost Fathers)

15.  Government African School Kapsabet (1925): established in Nandi County by the Africa Inland Mission; today Kapsabet High School and Kapsabet Girls' High School (from 1951)

16.  Jeanes School Kabete (1925): (later Public Service Management and Development Institute plus Kenya Medical Training College in 1961, Kenya Institute of Administration in 1963, and in 2012 Kenya School of Government), established in Kabete^[8]

17.  Jeanes School Maseno: later Maseno Training Centre (1961), Maseno Government Training Institute (1967), in 1990 merged with Siriba Teachers' College to form Maseno University College, today Maseno University (since 2001)

18.  Alliance School (1926): now Alliance High School, established as a junior secondary school by the Alliance of Protestant Missions

19.  Francis Scott High School (1927): (later in 1963 Nakuru High School plus Nakuru Girls Secondary School in 1961)

20.  St. Mary's School Yala (1927): founded by the Roman Catholic Mill Hill Missionaries

21.  Kisii School (1932): established Kisii, Kenya

22.  Government African School Kakamega (1932): (later Kakamega High School, now Kakamega School)

23.  Kagumo High School (1933) established as a primary school in Kiganjo (Nyeri County)

24.  MaryHill Girls' High School (1933): established in Thika town, Kiambu County by the Catholic Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (White Sisters)^[9]

25.  Buxton School (1935): (later Ronald Ngala Primary School), established by the Church Mission Society in Mombasa

26.  Our Lady Consolata Mugoiri Girls High School (1938): in Mugoiri, Murang'a County (formerly Gaiteiguru Intermediary School)^[10]

27.  Kangaru schools (1947): in Embu County, established as a Church Mission Society primary school, later Government African Teacher Training Center and Secondary School (G.A.T.T.C. & S.S) in 1952, and African Girls Intermediate School (GAGI) in 1953. Embu Girls High School was fused into the school in July 1973, separating again in 1989

28.  African Girls High School (1948): (now Alliance Girls High School) established in Kikuyu town, Kiambu County by the Alliance of Protestant Missions.

29.  Gitoro Technical (1956): later Meru Technical School (1964), Meru Technical Vocational Training School (1969), Meru Technical Secondary School (1973), Meru Technical Training Institute (1986), Meru National Polytechnic (2016). Originally established in Meru town by the local town council to train youth in various practical skills^[11]

30.  Xaverian Primary School (1956): established in Kisumu County

31.  Kahuhia Girls' High School (1957): established in Kahuhia, Murang'a County through an initiative by the local community and Christian missionaries^[12]

32.  Starehe Boys' Centre and School (November 1959): established by Dr. Geoffrey William Griffin, Geoffrey Gatama Geturo and Joseph Kamiru Gikubu in Starehe, Nairobi

33.  Cardinal Otunga High School Mosocho (1960): established in Kisii County following a request from the then Kisii Diocese Bishop, His Eminence Maurice Otunga^[13]

34.  Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls High School (1960): established by The Right Reverend Caesar Gatimu in Karatina, Nyeri County

35.  Baricho High School (1960): established in Ndia, Kirinyaga County by The Right Reverend Caesar Gatimu^[14]

36.  Chebokokwa School (1961): (now St. Patrick's High School Iten), established by the Patrician Brothers in Iten, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, and currently operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eldoret

37.  Kianyaga High School (1961): boys' school established in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County through fundraisers by local elders.^[15]

Schools for Muslims and Ethnic Arabs[edit]

The Colonial government was the original provider of institutionalised education for Indian children, whose families originally arrived in the East Africa Protectorate from British India as labourers and indentured servants working on the Uganda Railway. Later, various religious communities mobilised to establish schools to serve their members.

1.     Arab Boys' Primary School Mombasa (1920s): established in Mombasa

2.     Shimo La Tewa School (1932): (later Coast African Secondary School, then Shimo-La-Tewa High School), established in Shanzu, Mombasa City as secondary school for Arab boys who has successfully completed their primary education at the Arab Boys' Primary School Mombasa^[16]

3.     Mombasa Institute of Muslim Education - MIOME (1948): (later in 1966 Mombasa Technical Institute - MTI, from 2007 Mombasa Polytechnic University College - MPUC, from 2013 Technical University of Mombasa), established in Mombasa to provide technical education to Muslim students of East Africa^[17]

Schools for Ethnic Indians[edit]

The Colonial government was the original provider of institutionalised education for Indian children, whose families originally arrived in the East Africa Protectorate from British India as labourers and indentured servants working on the Uganda Railway. Later, various religious communities mobilised to establish schools to serve their members.

1.     Railway Educational Centre (1906): co-educational institution. Later Railway School Nairobi, then Government Indian School, then The Duke of Gloucester School for boys, today Jamhuri High School in Ngara, Nairobi^[18]

2.     Indian School (1912): in Mombasa County, from which emerged Allidina Visram High School (in 1923, named after Allidina Visram) as a rehousing and secondary extension of the Indian School

3.     The Aga Khan Primary School, Mombasa (1918): established as a boys' school in Kizingo, Mombasa City, from which later emerged The Aga Khan High School, Mombasa. It is operated by Aga Khan Education Services of the Shia Ismaili community of Muslims^[19][20]

4.     The Duchess of Gloucester School (1932): (now Pangani Girls High School), established in Pangani, Nairobi

5.     Oshwal Academy (1950): established in Parklands, Nairobi; managed by the Oshwal Education and Relief Board (OERB) of the Jain community

6.     Arya Vedic School (1950): established at Puri Bhavan, Ngara, Nairobi by The Arya Stree Samaj movement. It gave rise to Arya Vedic Academy

7.     The Aga Khan Primary School, Kisumu (1952): established in Kisumu City. It is operated by Aga Khan Education Services of the Shia Ismaili community of Muslims^[21]

8.     Parklands Arya Girls High School (1957): established in Parklands, Nairobi by the Arya Samaj community in Kenya^[22]

9.     A co-educational school (1957): established in Ngara, Nairobi, from which emerged Ngara Girls' High School and in 1962 present-day Highway Secondary School for boys^[23]

10.  The Aga Khan High School (1961): co-educational day school established in Westlands, Nairobi. It is operated by Aga Khan Education Services of the Shia Ismaili community of Muslims^[24]

Schools for Ethnic Europeans

Nairobi Primary school

1.     Rift Valley Academy (1903): established in Kijabe town, Kiambu County as the first up-country European school by Charles Hurlburt of the Africa Inland Mission. In 1967 it was the first school in Africa to receive American accreditation.^[25]

2.     The European School, Nairobi (1910): (now Nairobi Primary School), co-educational school from which emerged The Prince of Wales School in 1931 at Kabete (now Nairobi School) and The European Girls' Secondary School in 1935 (now The Kenya High School)

3.     Loreto Convent Msongari (1921): "Msongari" being a corruption of Muthangari where the school is located in Westlands Sub-county, was established by the Sisters of Loreto

4.     Hill Preparatory School (1922): (later Limuru Girls High School in 1926), established by European settler, Arnold Buttler McDonell, on his Kiambethu Farm in Limuru, Kiambu County

5.     The Hill School (1923): established in Eldoret as European Primary School, later Central School then Highlands School, which in 1956 amalgamated with New Girls' Secondary School (today Moi Girls' High School, Eldoret)

6.     Kenton College (January 1924): (now Kenton College Preparatory School), established in Kijabe, moving to Kileleshwa in 1935, taking its roots from The Grange School at Limuru

7.     Pembroke House (1927): established in Gilgil, Nakuru County. It was named after the Cambridge College attended by its founder Headmaster, Harold Turner, and has been owned by Kenya Educational Trust Limited since 1959^[26]

8.     Kitale Primary (1929): (later Kitale Academy, now Kitale School) in Kitale, Trans-Nzoia County

9.     St. Andrews School, Turi (1931): established in Molo, Nakuru County^[27]

10.  Mombasa European Primary School (1935): (MEPS, from 1962 Mombasa Primary School), established in Mombasa^[28]

11.  Greensteds School (1936): established in Nakuru

12.  Loreto High School, Limuru (December 1936): established by the Sisters of Loreto in Limuru

13.  St. Mary's School, Nairobi (1939): established by the Holy Ghost Fathers, today located on the land of St. Austin’s Parish in Muthangari, Westlands Sub-county

14.  Loreto Convent Valley Road (1941): established by the Sisters of Loreto in Upper Hill, Nairobi

15.  Mara Hills Academy (February 1947): established in Tanganinyika by the Eastern Mennonite Mission and relocated to Gigiri, Nairobi in 1967 as Rosslyn Academy

16.  The Duke of York School (1949): (now Lenana School)

17.  Delamere School (1956): established in Nairobi, from which emerged in 1959 New Girls Secondary School (later Delamere Girls High School, now State House Girls High School) and Delamere Boys High School (later Simba Secondary School, now Upper Hill School)^[29]

1.     Strathmore College (1961): later Strathmore College of Arts and Sciences, and then the parallel Strathmore School and Strathmore College School of Accountancy. The latter merged with Kianda Secretarial College in 1993, and in 2002 became the current Strathmore University. Established under the guidance of the Opus Dei founder, Saint Josemaría Escrivá, in Muthangari, Westlands Sub-county as a residential Sixth form college and the country's first multi-ethnic plus poly-religious school; currently managed by Study Centres of Kenya^[30][31]

2.     Kianda Secretarial College (1961): established by Kianda Foundation in Westlands Sub-County, Nairobi, in 1993 merged with Strathmore College School of Accountancy to form Strathmore University.^[32]