Asumbi Girls High School is a national girls boarding school located in Homa Bay County; in the Nyanza region of Kenya. This article provides complete information about Asumbi Girls High 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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ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S PHYSICAL LOCATION
Asumbi Girls High School is a national girls boarding school located in Homa Bay County; in the Nyanza region of Kenya.
ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S INFO AT A GLANCE
- SCHOOL’S NAME: Asumbi Girls High School
- SCHOOL’S TYPE: Girls’ only boarding school
- SCHOOL’S CATEGORY: National school.
- SCHOOL’S LEVEL: Secondary
- SCHOOL’S LOCATION: located in Rangwe Constituency, Homa Bay County of Nyanza Region; Kenya
- SCHOOL’S KNEC CODE: 41700004
- SCHOOL’S OWNERSHIP STATUS: Public/ Government owned
- SCHOOL’S PHONE CONTACT: 0722 968678
- SCHOOL’S POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O.BOX 46-40309 ASUMBI
- SCHOOL’S EMAIL ADDRESS: asumbi1965@gmail.com
- SCHOOL’S WEBSITE: www.asumbigirlshigh.sc.ke
ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S BRIEF HISTORY
Asumbi Girls’ High School was started on 19th March 1936, by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Saint Joseph as Lower Boarding Primary school, with a small population of pupils, sponsored by the Mill Hill missionaries of the then Catholic Diocese of Kisumu.
The school progressed and became an intermediate school going up to std VIII. In 1965 the first form one students were admitted. Three years later in 1968, the primary section was phased out. The following year 1969 the first secondary students sat their “ O” Level examinations.
Those who passed well proceeded to “A” Level Art class in 1970. in 1979 Science class of “A” Level added to the existing Art class. With the introduction of the 8-4-4 system of education, the “A” level classes were phased out in 1989. The school is a four streamed public provincial Girls boarding secondary school.
The school sits on 20 acres of land. From this humble beginning, Asumbi Girls’ Secondary School became a full-fledged Government maintained School in 1965 managed by Board of governors legally constituted by the Ministry of Education.
The school has maintained it’s a Catholic tradition. The school’s sponsorship has been passed on from the management of initial Catholic Diocese of Kisumu to the Catholic Diocese of Kisii and presently it is under the sponsorship of Catholic Diocese of Homabay.
There were 13 classrooms, 6 dormitories, a dining hall, a kitchen, ablution blocks, and three teacher’s houses. The Kenya Government through the World Bank helped the school to build 4 dormitories block and four blocks of the Teaching staff houses.
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ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S VISION
To be the best performing girls school nationally.
ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S MISSION
To provide an academic, spiritual and social environment that empowers learners to adapt to the dynamic society through quality teaching and maximum utilization of resources for optimum acquisition and application of knowledge and skills.
ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S MOTTO
Integrity
ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S CONTACTS
In need of more information about the school? Worry not. Use any of the contacts below for inquiries and/ or clarifications:
- Postal Address: P.O.BOX 46-40309 ASUMBI
- Email Contact: asumbi1965@gmail.com
- Phone Contact: 0722 968678
ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH 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.
ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S KCSE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
The school has maintained a good run in performance at the Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, exams. In the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams the school posted good results to rank among the best schools in the County. This is after recording a mean score of 8.58519.
ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S KCSE 2019 RESULTS ANALYSIS
A2, A-39, B+88, B107, B-67, C+54, C32, C-11, D+5, D0, D-0, E0
Mean Score – 8.58519
Number of candidates – 405
University Qualifiers – 357
% of University Qualifiers – 88.15%
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ASUMBI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL’S PHOTO GALLERY
Planning to pay the school a visit? Below are some of the lovely scenes you will experience.