SOS Schools in Kenya

SOS Nursery School Eldoret

The enrolment at the moment is 107 children; 49 boys and 58 girls.  There are 15 children from our SOS Children’s Village Eldoret. The SOS Nursery School Eldoret remains a centre of excellence where the teachers and the support staff continue to provide high quality education required for the children.

SOS Primary School Eldoret

The SOS Primary School opened in 1989 and occupies the same site as the SOS Secondary School.  Currently there are 25 teachers in the primary section and a total enrollment of 487 pupils. There are 251 girls and 236 boys of whom 73 are SOS children.
 
All teachers and pupils settled in well into the school year after the skirmishes that had rocked the country at the beginning of the year. This year also saw fourteen teachers seconded by TSC recalled, ten new teachers were recruited to replace the out-going. All in all school programmes ran smoothly throughout the year.
 
A lot of improvement was noted in the beginning of term examination in some classes. The performance is generally above average in most classes although a few classes failed to attain the departmental target of 70%.Varied reasons are always attributed to these performances.
 
Fifty two Standard eight candidates successfully sat for their national exams with no incidents reported during the exam period. They wait to join various secondary schools to continue with their education.

 

SOS Secondary School Eldoret

The SOS Secondary School opened in 1989. It occupies the same premises as the SOS Primary School.  The school also runs a weekend tuition programme on Saturday mornibngs to help raise the standards of education in the school.  The school has an enrolment of 48 boys and 51 girls, bringing the total number to 99 students.  Out of this number 83 are from SOS whilst 16 are from the community.

 

By the end of the year, all departments had indicated 100% syllabi coverage and compliance with organizational regulations with regard to educational matters.  The Form four candidates who sat their exams are awaiting their results in order to enroll in universities colleges and vocational centres in Kenya

and international.

 

 

SOS Nursery School Mombasa

The SOS Nursery School has a total of 109 students with a teaching staff of 7 with 2 support staff. The nursery school has continued to do very well and it is still in high demand.

 

 

 

SOS Primary School Mombasa

The SOS Primary School opened in 2001. There are about 400 pupils. Staff at the school have worked with local specialist teachers to help with training for teaching children with special needs. 

 

The school opened the school year for 2008 in May.  It has a population of 463 pupils, and 46 pupils are from SOS Children's Village Mombasa, 26 boys and 20 girls.

The school had 48 candidates registered for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Examination (KCPE). The highest candidate scored 412 out of a possible 500 marks and is all looking forward joining national high schools in the country. The rest of the pupils were all promoted to the next class.

 

SOS Nursery School Meru

There had an enrolment of 85 children, with 19 children being from SOS Children’s Village Meru

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For their physical, social, emotional and intellectual development the children were organised for a sports activity where they held friendly competitions with a neighbouring nursery school in June.  The SOS Nursery School remains a centre of excellence. The teachers and the support staff continue to provide high quality education required for the children.

 

 

 

SOS Nursery School Nairobi

The nursery school population stands at 83 children, children from the SOS Children's Village Nairobi being 19, 11 boys and 8 girls. An afternoon remedial class for SOS children has been successfully carried out every weekday and has brought a lot of improvement academically. Currently there is a total of one Head teacher, five teachers and one support staff.

 

 

A Prize Giving Day/Thanksgiving Day was held in the nursery school by the village and SOS children in the nursery school received awards. The SOS Day was celebrated and the nursery school children and teachers attended and took part.

 

 

SOS Primary School Nairobi

 

The SOS Primary School opened in 1983. There are a total 252 pupild (33 boys and 30 girls are from SOS).  Currently there is 1 Head teacher 12 teachers and 9 support staff in the primary school.  

The pupils at the school have continued to have a good year despite the hardship they faced in the beginning of the year (2008) nevertheless it ended well. They participated in different extra-curricular activities including drama and music festivals and sports.