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Njiiri School; KCSE Performance, Location, contacts and Admissions

May 31, 2025 Hillary Kangwana

Njiiri school, situated in Murang’a County, is one of the best performing schools in Kenya. This article provides complete information about this school. Get to know the school’s physical location, directions, contacts, history, Form one selection criteria and analysis of its performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams. Get to see a beautiful collation of images from the school’s scenery; including structures, signage, students, teachers and many more.

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NJIIRI SCHOOL’S PHYSICAL LOCATION

The School is situated in Kigumo Sub-County of Murang’a County, then known as ‘Fort Hall District’ in the Central Region of Kenya.

NJIIRI SCHOOL’S INFO AT A GLANCE

SCHOOL’S NAME: Njiiri School
SCHOOL’S TYPE: Boys’ only boarding school
SCHOOL’S CATEGORY: Extra County
SCHOOL’S LEVEL: Secondary
SCHOOL’S LOCATION: situated in Kigumo Sub-County of Murang’a County, then known as ‘Fort Hall District’ in the Central Region of Kenya.
SCHOOL’S KNEC CODE: 10227301
SCHOOL’S OWNERSHIP STATUS: Public
SCHOOL’S PHONE CONTACT: +254 789 1050 77
SCHOOL’S POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 555, Thika 01000
SCHOOL’S EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
SCHOOL’S WEBSITE: https://njiirischool.sc.ke/

NJIIRI SCHOOL’S BRIEF HISTORY

Njiiri School was officially opened, on 26th January 1959 by the then Chief Native Commissioner (C.N.C), Mr. W.F. Coutts, together with Ex-senior Chief Njiiri Wa Karanja, (M.B.E) – and whose name – the School was given in his honour. Later, the School’s name was changed from ‘Njiri’s’ to “Njiiri School” in the mid- 1980s.

The 3rd and 4th intakes were in lots of 60 boys in 1960 and 1961. The ‘Pioneer Class’ sat for the Cambridge Oversees School Certificate Examination (C.O.S.C.E) in 1961. Since then, the School has grown in status and by numbers from a single-stream of 25 to 8-streams of 1,600 students, over 70 Teachers & 55 non-teaching staff. Those who have gone through the institution are close to 15,000.

The School is managed by the Board of Management (B.O.M), appointed under the Education Act, Cap 211 and the Parents Association (P.A). The Principal is the Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O) in matters of day-today Administration of the School. The Njiiri Old Boys Association (N.O.B.A) is a ‘Special interest-group’ which is also concerned and involved in the general welfare and development projects of the School..

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NJIIRI SCHOOL’S VISION

To be an icon of excellence in kenya.

NJIIRI SCHOOL’S MISSION

To effectively impart holistic knowledge and skills, nurture talents, promote sefreliance and mould responsible citizens who will be competitive and productive in the society, through quality teaching, learning and guidance.

NJIIRI SCHOOL’S MOTTO

Free to Serve.

NJIIRI SCHOOL’S CONTACTS

In need of more information about the school? Worry not. Use any of the contacts below for inquiries and/ or clarifications:

Phone: +254 789 1050 77
Email: [email protected]
Postal Address: P.O. Box 555, Thika 01000

NJIIRI SCHOOL’S CORE VALUES

Integrity

To produce quality, honest and students with strong moral principles

Discipline

To train students to obey rules with no supervision

Diligence

Careful and persistent work and effort on our students

God Fearing

Earnestly Religious institution

Equity

We are Fair and Impartial in all our activities

Responsibility

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future

NJIIRI SCHOOL’S FORM ONE SELECTION CRITERIA & ADMISSIONS

Being a public school, form one admissions are done by the Ministry of Education. Vacancies are available on competitive basis. Those seeking admissions can though directly contact the school or pay a visit for further guidelines.

NJIIRI SCHOOL’S KCSE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

The school has maintained a good run in performance at the Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, exams. In the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams the school registered a total of 264 candidates who managed to score a mean of a B+(plus) with a performance index of 67.626. In 2019, the school had a total candidature of 389.