Last updated on July 27th, 2023 at 03:52 pm
Below are high school subjects in Kenya and how they are grouped including technical subjects in secondary schools (this will help you during high school subject selection and when making career choices later)
High school subjects in Kenya: Subject Offered in High School in Kenya
Subject offered in secondary school are categorized into FIVE Groups from which a candidate should choose a minimum of seven and a maximum of nine.
Don’t forget that a Minimum mean Grade of C+ is required for admission to Degree programmes while a C- is the least you can get for Diploma programmes.
Meanwhile, if you get a D+ or a D plain, you can take a craft certificate course in any TVET college in Kenya.
Finally, if you get grade E, you can only start with an Artisan certificate course in local TVETs.
High school subjects in Kenya: How the subjects are grouped for the purposes of course selection/choices
Subjects in high school Kenya: COMPULSORY SUBJECTS in Kenyan secondary schools [Group 1]
CODE ABBREVIATION SUBJECT
101 ENG ENGLISH
102 KIS KISWAHILI
121 MAT MATHEMATICS A
122 MAT B MATHEMATICS B
SCIENCE SUBJECTS [Group 2] -to choose at least 2
232 PHY PHYSICS
233 CHE CHEMISTRY
236 BIO BIOLOGY
237 GSC GENERAL SCIENCE
Subjects in Kenyan high schools: HUMANITY SUBJECTS [Group 3]-to choose ONE
311 HAG HISTORY&GOVERNMENT
312 GEG GEOGRAPHY
313 CRE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
314 IRE ISLAMIC RELIGION
315 HRE HINDU RELIGION
Technical subjects in secondary schools in Kenya [Group 4] -to choose ONE when it comes to KCSE technical subjects
441 HSC HOME SCIENCE
442 ARD ART&DESIGN
443 AGR AGRICULTURE
444 WW METALWORK
445 WW WOOD WORK
446 BC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
447 PM POWER MECHANIC
448 ECT ELECTRICITY
449 D&D DRAWING&DESIGN
450 AVT AVIATION TECHNOLOGY
451 CMP COMPUTER STUDIES
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Subjects taught in Kenyan secondary schools: HUMANITIES/ARTS SUBJECTS [Group 5]- to choose 1
CODE ABREVIATION SUBJECT
501 FRE FRENCH
502 GER GERMAN
503 ARB ARABIC
504 KSL KENYA SIGN LANGUAGE
511 MUS MUSIC
565 BST BUSINESS STUDIES
OPTION ONE- Refer to this for career subject choices in Kenya that needs a certain grade in Option 1 subjects
- MATHEMATICS
- ENGLISH
- KISWAHILI
- PHYSICS
- CHEMISTRY
- BIOLOGY
- Best in Group 3
- Best in Group 4/5(One subject)
OPTION TWO- Refer to this for courses that needs a certain grade in Option 2 subjects
- MATHEMATICS
- ENGLISH
- KISWAHILI
- PHYSICS
- CHEMISTRY
- BIOLOGY
- Best in Group 3(Two subjects)
- Best in Group 4/5(One subject)
OPTION THREE- Refer to this for courses that needs a certain grade in Option 3 subjects
- MATHEMATICS
- ENGLISH
- KISWAHILI
- CHEMISTRY
- BIOLOGY
- Best in Group 3(Two subjects)
- Best in Group 4/5(One subject)
PS: Please note that you should ask your teacher about how to choose subjects in high school in Kenya before you apply this information to select your KCSE subjects.
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