All About Starehe Boys Centre

All About Starehe Boys Centre

Starehe Boys Centre and School (popularly known as “Starehe”) is a partial – board, boys – only school in Nairobi, Kenya. The school was founded in 1959 by Dr. Geoffrey William Griffin, MBS, OBE, Geoffrey Gatama Geturo and Joseph Kamiru Gikubu. It started as a rescue centre.

Starehe Boys’ Centre and School educates at least 70% of its students free, and the rest at a reduced rate. This stems from its founding charter as a charitable school. School fees are paid on a means-tested basis, with substantial subsidies paid by the school, so that students from all walks of life are able to have a public school education that would otherwise be beyond their means.

The entrance process uses results from the national KCPE exams and prefers to award school places to those who show academic potential.

The school is governed by a Managing Committee chaired by Jimmy Mugerwa, Country Chairman of Kenya Shell and BP, the school’s main sponsors since its inception.

Admission of students is by open competitive examination. Each year about 20,000 applications are received; only 210 are selected to join the student body and about 6 places are left for very needy situations where the applicant might not have found a chance to apply but is still merited.

Candidates are judged according to need and parental income and their performance in the national KCPE examinations. Selection is solely on merit.

Starehe Boys Centre Mission Statement

Starehe as a centre for bright needy boys, aims at offering homely support and a holistic education founded on strong principles of discipline, character formation and leadership development.

Starehe Boys Centre Vision Statement

To be a global centre of excellence in youth development, effectively providing leadership and academic skills geared towards promotion of a just and caring society that is founded on high moral standards.

Starehe Boys Centre Core Values

In line with the ideals of Round Square Schools of which Starehe is a member, our core values are;

  1.     Internationalism
  2.     Democracy
  3.     Environment
  4.     Adventure
  5.     Leadership
  6.     Service.

These values are practiced through the broad curriculum and co curricula activities offered in the centre by all students and staff.

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Starehe Boys Centre Contacts

School Name: Starehe Boys’ Centre & School
School Code No: 20400004
Type of School: Boys Boarding
County: Nairobi County
Physical Address:
Postal Address:P.O Box 30178 -00100
School Description:  National School