Siakago Boys High School⇒ Contacts, Location and Admission Details

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Siakago Boys High School’s Summary of all the Verified Details & Information; Contacts, Location, CBE Subjects and Pathways.

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Siakago Boys High School is a public secondary school located in Embu County, Kenya. It is an all-boys boarding school.

📍 Location and Contacts

Location: Siakago, Mbeere North Sub-county, Embu County, Kenya.
- Address: Embu/Kiritiri Rd, Siakago.
- Postal Box: 223, Postal Code: 60100 Embu.

🏫 School Details and History

Type: Boys’ boarding secondary school.
Sponsor: The school is sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Embu.
History Note: The school has faced infrastructural challenges in the past, including a major fire incident in one of its dormitories in May 2014.
Performance: It has appeared among the top-performing schools in Embu County in past national examinations.

👔 Uniform

The school’s uniform consists of trousers, a shirt, a tie, and sometimes a blazer or sweater, often in the school’s colors.

📚 Compulsory Examinable Subjects (CBE)

Under the Competency-Based Education (CBE) curriculum in Kenya, Senior Secondary School (Grade 10-12) learners take seven subjects, which include four compulsory learning areas and three optional subjects based on their chosen pathway (STEM, Social Sciences, or Arts & Sports Science).

The four compulsory subjects for all learners in Senior School are:

English
Kiswahili (or Kenya Sign Language)
Core Mathematics (for STEM Pathway) or Essential Mathematics (for Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science Pathways)
Community Service Learning (CSL)

All learners also take Physical Education (PE) and Information Communication and Technology (ICT) to facilitate learning and acquisition of life skills, though these are not part of the four core examinable subjects.

Since Siakago Boys High School is a large, established school, it offers subjects across multiple pathways.

FEES PAID AT THE SCHOOL.

The Ministry of Education in Kenya has introduced new, standardized fee guidelines for public senior secondary schools, effective from January 2026, which marks the transition of the first cohort of Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) learners (Grade 9) to Senior School (Grade 10).

Here are the key details of the approved annual fees and the structure:

1. Standardized Annual School Fees (Public Senior Schools)

The new guidelines scrap the previous classification of schools (National, Extra-County, County, Sub-County) and introduce a uniform fee structure.

School Type	Annual Fee Payable by Parent	Government Capitation (Subsidy)	Total Annual Cost
Public Boarding School	Ksh 53,554	Ksh 12,870	Ksh 66,424
Public Day School	Ksh 9,374	Ksh 12,870	Ksh 22,244
Special Needs Boarding School	Ksh 37,210	Ksh 57,974	Ksh 95,184

Note: The annual fee of Ksh 53,554 for boarding schools is based on the rates established in a 2015 Gazette Notice and is meant to cover boarding equipment, stores, and other administrative costs. The Government Capitation is the subsidy provided by the government to support the Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) programme.

2. Key Changes and Clarifications

Uniform School Fees: All public boarding schools are now expected to charge the same annual fee, standardizing costs across the country.
Capitation: The government will continue to provide capitation (subsidy) for all learners in senior schools. The new capitation amount for regular schools is to be Ksh 12,870 per learner per year.
No Additional Levies: Schools are required to adhere strictly to the approved annual fee guidelines. Any request for additional levies must receive written approval from the Cabinet Secretary for Education through the County Education Board (CEB).
School Fees Payment: Fee structures must be provided to parents at the start of the academic year, specifying vote heads (tuition, boarding, meals, activity fees), and payment should be done through designated official channels.

Pro Tip: The final fee structures for individual public schools are expected to be strictly controlled by these Ministry of Education guidelines to ensure affordability and equity in access to Senior School education under the CBC system. It is important to note that schools may charge other levies after agreeing with parents and getting consent from the Ministry of Education.

SUMMARY OF THE SCHOOL’S DETAILS

REGION	EASTERN
COUNTY	EMBU
SUB COUNTY	MBEERE NORTH
UIC	5Q9M
KNEC	14312101
SCHOOL NAME	SIAKAGO BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
CLUSTER	C1
TYPE	PUBLIC
(Regular/ SNE/	REGULAR
DISABILITY TYPE	NONE
ACCOMODATION TYPE	BOARDING
GENDER	BOYS

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