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234: 580: 132: 487:, just outside Kisii township. Work began in January 1934 and was led by masons from the Kabete Industrial Training Depot. The school began operations in July 1934 Some 300 pupils from across the district were invited to sit an entrance examination for the first class in Standard III, to be admitted in January 1935, competing for 60 slots in the school. The pupils who passed were mainly 66: 25: 805: 598: 303: 518:
February, 1935 - despite intending to keep his promise to attend and announce the school opening personally, Governor Byrne fell ill and canceled at the last minute. He sent the acting Chief Native Commissioner Sydney Hugh La Fontaine to open the school on his behalf. La Fontaine was received by the
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January, 1935 - the first pupils sat in the Standard III class. Charles A. Berridge, a native of Canada, was appointed the first principal of the school. He remained at GAS Kisii until 1939, when he moved to Government African School
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1953 - the school admitted candidates for a P3 teacher training course which lasted 3 years. It was later shifted to Kabianga Teachers College (present-day Kabianga University), before moving to present-day Kericho Teachers Training
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1938 - the first candidate for Primary School Examinations was presented. By then, the school had 60 pupils in 2 streams of 30 each. It was mandated that the student base must consist of 50% Kisii students and 50% Luo
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in 1933. Subsequently, the councils pooled resources to the tune of 120,000Ksh for the establishment of the school on a shared basis. with an additional 3,000KSh for equipment. Land for the school was provided by the
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1949 - a senior secondary section started, consisting of students from the secondary school section. These candidates were to be prepared for KASSE (Kenya African Secondary School Examination).
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Kisii School was established in July 1934 under the name "Government African School (GAS) Kisii", following a petition by the local councils for a regional school to Governor
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section was opened. At the time, this was called the "Junior Secondary" - equivalent to standard 7 and 8. Each class still consisted of 60 students.
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1963 - The School [resented its first Higher School Certificate candidates, commonly referred to as A-Level Examination candidates.
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1956 - The school entered its first candidates for Cambridge School Certification. A total of 60 students were registered.
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1967 - The 'A' level science class/science stream was started. By then, the student population was 450 (form 1 to 6).
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1962 - The school was among the 6 schools to introduce an 'A' Level (in art), with a single stream of 30 students.
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1950 - the school first presented candidates for KASSE (Kenya African Secondary School Examination).
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1946 - the school presented its first eligible student for Kenya African Preliminary Examination.
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