Kamagambo High School
VISION:
To be a Model High School in Kenya
MISSION:
To Provide quality mental, spiritual, physical and social education guided by Christian and professional values.
OBJECTIVES:
- To develop students and staff who have an excellent relationship with God as reflected in their lifestyle.
- To adopt management and leadership practices that will result in effective delivery of services to our clients.
- To improve in performance in national examinations (KCSE).
- To promote unity and diversity among members of the High School.
- To expand courses offered to include foreign languages, music, and technical subjects.
CORE VALUES:
- Integrity: KHS is committed to act in an honest, accountable and transparent manner in all her undertakings.
- Christian Values: As a Christian education institution, KHS will be guided by Christian values which will act as symbols of identity for the institution.
- Team Work: KHS will embrace teamwork and collaboration within the institution, and with all her partners in the provision of quality services.
- Embracing diversity: KHS will be committed to providing education to all learners irrespective of their religion, affiliations, race or culture.
- Professionalism: KHS will be committed to the highest levels of achievement obtainable through competence and pertinent skills.
- Healthy balanced living: KHS will be committed to promoting healthy balanced living through work education and a lacto vegetarian diet.
- Efficiency: KHS will strive to achieve the highest results to meet the needs of her clients.
Consequent to the gloomy future of the P1 training the programme should be phased out gradually and replaced by higher programmes in elementary education.
Other challenges facing the college are reflected in the table below.
Item Description |
Unit cost |
Total cost (Kshs) |
Total cost (US $) |
7 class rooms |
600,000.00 |
4,200,000 |
52,500 |
Modern library |
16,000,000 |
16,000,000 |
200,000 |
1 equipped laboratory |
10,000,000 |
10,000,000 |
125,000 |
Complete Adm. Block |
5,000,000 |
5,000,000 |
63,000 |
Men’s dorm for 200 |
25,000,000 |
25,000,000 |
312,500 |
1 multipurpose hall |
10,000,000 |
10,000,000 |
125,000 |
Fields/play grounds |
5,000,000 |
5,000,000 |
63,000 |
Total |
71,600,000 |
75,200,000 |
941,000 |
1. Student facilities
- The female hostels can accommodate about 400 people. They include a modern hostel accommodating over 200 people. The male hostels can accommodate about 350 people.
- Outdoor sports facilities cater for a wide range of athletics and games like soccer, rugby, basket ball, volley ball, soft ball etc. we also have limited indoor sports facilities.
2. About Us
- Kamagambo Adventist High School is about 20 km from Kisii town along the Kisii Migori main road. It is about 600 meters off the road in a quiet rural environment.
- Its situation in a quiet rural environment makes the KHS campus an ideal learning environment for a Christian based education for the boys and girls.
- We also offer additional support services such as counseling, chaplaincy and student welfare.
- The graduates of the KCSE course if qualified join the universities the world over.
- The student life is based on the Adventist philosophy of education with emphasis on mental, physical, spiritual and social education. The meals served are vegetarian.
- The alumnus comprises people from all over the world.
3. Who is who?
Following is the list of staff members in the High School
| Name | Position | Qualification | Subjects | Experience |
| Cheruiyot Langat | Head KHS | BA, PGDE | Kisw/ | 15 years |
| Moses Okeyo | D/Head KHS | BSc. | Agric/Biol | 18 years |
| Kimani Zipporah | DoC | BLA/Edu. | Engl/ | 24 years |
| Fredrick Adegu | Teacher | BA/Edu. | Phys/Math | 23 years |
| Magariah Austine | Teacher | BSc. | Maths/Stat. | 23 years |
| Merceline Nato | Teacher | Bed. | Geog/Hist. | 1 year |
| Mathew M. Kamau | Teacher | B.Ed. | Kisw/ | 1 year |
| Henry Ogendo | Teacher | M.Ed. | 14 Years | |
| Albert Nyandika | Teacher | BSc. | Computer | |
| Matiang’i Euniah | Secretary | Certificate | Secretarial | 21 Years |
| Evans Omare | Lab Technician | Certificate | Lab tech. | 9 Years |
4. Core High School Discipline
The high school offers the 8-4-4 education system of the Kenyan government at the end of which those who qualify are able to join the University for Further Studies.
5. Work for us
- To improve performance in KCSE
- To increase to enrolment
- To separate from the TTC to eliminate the negative influence from the older folk in this section.
- Put up more staff housing.
6. Strategy and policies of the high school and development plan
The high school has developed a 3 year strategic plan that will be reviewed in 2013. The main focus is to improve performance in KCSE and increase the enrolment to a self sustaining level.
