St Charles Lwanga Ichuni Girls is one of the best performing girls’ school in the Gusii region. This article provides complete information about this 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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ICHUNI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL’S PHYSICAL LOCATION
St. Charles Lwanga Ichuni Girls High School is a girls boarding school, located in Kisii County; Nyanza Region of Kenya. It is located about 1km from Keroka Town along Keroka – Masimba Road.
ICHUNI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL’S INFO AT A GLANCE
- SCHOOL’S NAME: St Charles Lwanga Ichuni Girls High School
- SCHOOL’S TYPE: Girls’ only Boarding School
- SCHOOL’S CATEGORY: Extra County
- SCHOOL’S LEVEL: Secondary
- SCHOOL’S LOCATION: located in Kisii County; Nyanza Region of Kenya.
- SCHOOL’S KNEC CODE: 40735201
- SCHOOL’S OWNERSHIP STATUS:
- SCHOOL’S PHONE CONTACT:
- SCHOOL’S POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 18- 40200 Keroka
- SCHOOL’S EMAIL ADDRESS:
- SCHOOL’S WEBSITE: https://www.stlwangaichunigirls.sc.ke/
ICHUNI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL’S BRIEF HISTORY
St. Charles Lwanga Ichuni Girls High School is a girls boarding school, located in Kisii County. It is located about 1km from Keroka Town along Keroka – Masimba Road.
In the 2013 KCSE results, Ichuni slayed the giants emerging not only as the second best school in Kisii but also as the queen of girls’ schools in the region.
All the candidates who sat 2013 KCSE at Ichuni, a top the second highest hilltop after the famous Kiabonyoru hills in Kisii, attained the requisite university entry grade of C+. Out of the 82 candidates who sat the exam, the mean grades were distributed as follows: 16 A-, 24 B+, B 26, 14 B- and 2 C+.
Besides Kisii High School no other school in Kisii County beat the mean of 9.4 attained by the school in the just released KCSE result. The school is ranked at position 2 in the county, 23 nationally in the county schools category and 65 overall in the national ranking.
The school beat hitherto known academic giants in Gusii land notably, Nyabururu girls, Kereri girls and Cardinal Otunga Mosocho Boys. However, in non-academic ranking nationally the school stands tall at position 10.
Joyce Ogutu Orioki has sat at the helm of the school administration for seven years now a period within which the institution has undergone a meteoric rise in both management and academic performance the mean rising from 7.9 in 2010 to 7.92 in 2011 to 8.7 in 2012 and currently standing at 9.4 in 2013. CRE emerged top in the school with a mean score of 11.22 almost making it to the top five in the subject nationally.
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ICHUNI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL’S CORE VALUES
- Prayer
- Discipline
- Hard work
- Integrity
- Excellence
ICHUNI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL’S MISSION
To offer quality education to enable girls develop mentally, spiritually, morally and physically for higher education and community service
ICHUNI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL’S MOTTO
‘Aspire to Excel.’
ICHUNI 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 18- 40200 Keroka
ICHUNI 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.
All form one(S) nationally are required to check online which school they are chosen to join.You can check via this link
Form One.
All selected candidates set to join St.Charles Lwanga Ichuni Girls are required to download Admission-form fill it and present it during reporting day.
ICHUNI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL’S FEES
Fees Structure: (Form 1 – 4)
| VOTE | AMOUNT |
| Boarding | 33,700 |
| Personal Emolument | 4,000 |
| EWC | 5,500 |
| LT&T | 2,000 |
| Admin | 2,500 |
| RMI | 2,500 |
| Medical | 500 |
| Activity | 800 |
| Insurance | 2,000 |
| TOTAL | 53,500 |
NB: To avoid instances of rejection of students’ uniforms on grounds of their shade, the school also provides uniforms at a separate cost of Ksh. 6,800. This includes 2 skirts, 2 long sleeved shirts, a pullover, windbreaker, tie, wrap round, bloomer, school t-shirt and bed-cover.
Termly Breakdown:
| TERM | AMOUNT |
| I | 27,000 |
| II | 17,000 |
| III | 9,500 |
| TOTAL | 53,500 |
School Account Details:
| BANK: | KCB |
| A/C NAME: | St. Charles Lwanga Ichuni Girls |
| BRANCH: | KEROKA |
| A/C NO: | 1102162620 |
OR
| BANK: | COOPERATIVE BANK |
| A/C NAME: | St. Charles Lwanga Ichuni Girls |
| BRANCH: | KEROKA |
| A/C NO: | 01129019065800 |
ICHUNI 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 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams the school registered a total of 82 candidates who managed to score a mean of B+(plus) with a performance index of 67.722. In 2019, the school had a total candidature of 368 Students.
Also read;
- Best Performing Boys’ Secondary schools per county
- Best performing mixed schools per county
- Best performing Girls’ Secondary schools per county
- Full list of all top and best [performing Boys’ Secondary schools per county
- Best performing County schools per county
- Best performing Extra County Schools per county
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ICHUNI GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL’S PHOTO GALLERY
Planning to pay the school a visit? Below are some of the lovely scenes you will experience.
