Kisima Mixed Secondary School

Kisima School offers secondary education to children and young people who would otherwise not be able to get this opportunity.  Most of the students come from the four districts of Northern Kenya that Kisima Pastoralists' Centre is targeting, but we also take some students from other regions of Kenya.  The reasons for doing this are:

• To promote integration between the communities of Northern Kenya and wider Kenyan society
• To make the project relevant to the community in the neighbourhood of the school
• To address the needs of young people from other districts of Kenya

In Kenya, secondary education has to be paid for, making it something that is beyond the reach of poorer families.  This is especially true of Northern Kenya where a high proportion of families are unable to afford secondary education. 

Kisima Mixed Secondary School provides free education to children who are from disadvantaged backgrounds but who have proven academic potential to benefit from further learning.  Our aim is that through education they will become a resource for their family and community.  This is reflected in the school motto: 'Empowered to Transform'

We seek to provide education that is sensitive to the social, cultural, economic, political and environmental conditions of our students, while maintaining fidelity to the national and more inclusive objectives of education in Kenya.

Secondary Education

Secondary education at Kisima pursues the following objectives:

• All-round development of the individual
  Provide for an all-round mental, moral and spiritual development of children and young people.
  
• Relevant skills
  Provide relevant skills to enable contribution to the improvement of the social and economic conditions of the students' communities.
  
• Balanced theoretical & practical skills
  Ensure balanced development in cognitive and practical skills.
  
• Foundation for further education
  Lay a firm foundation for further education and training.
  
• Attitudes for well-being of pastoralist communities
  Promote the acquisition of positive attitudes and values towards the well-being of pastoralist communities.

Vocational Training

In the future we hope to offer vocational training that will help equip young people with skills leading to self-reliance and the diversification of economic activities.  Beneficiaries will be young people more inclined to gain from work-related skills in areas such as:

• Tailoring and dressmaking, carpentry, masonry, leatherwork, weaving and knitting.
• Secretarial, typing, accountancy, computer skills and small business management.

 

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