Admission
The school is very competitive to join, with only the top performing students in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education being offered admission. Once offered admission, students must submit a letter of introduction from either the chief of their area, the pastor or father in charge of their parish/mission and a letter from their primary school headmaster. This is to ensure only disciplined students are admitted to maintain the standards of the school.
There has been controversy in the past where powerful politicians secure a place for their children though they did not perform well. In 2001, the students went on strike to protest the forced transfer of the Principal Paul Agali Otula after he refused to admit the son of a powerful government official. The school admits students from both public and private schools in a quota system to ensure that top students from every county are admitted. The school applies an affirmative action policy to ensure marginalised students from hardship semi-arid areas are given a chance.
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