St. Joseph's Rapogi Secondary School

Rapogi School

Sharpening for the Future
Location
Migori
Kenya
Information
Type Provincial, Public
Established 1961
Head teacher Mr. Maurice Ndolo (2014)
Staff 56
Enrolment 902 (2010)
Number of students 1100
Campus Rapogi, Migori County
Website http://stjosephrapogi.ac.ke

St. Joseph's Rapogi Secondary School is a Kenyan provincial secondary school for boys situated in Sare in the Nyanza Province of Western Kenya.[1] It is in the Migori County.

The school was founded in 1961 by Roman Catholic missionaries before it was state owned public school. 800-900 students attend the school each year and it has a teaching staff of 46. The former school director was Mr. Thomas Kogolla.[1] Who succeeded Mr John O Awiti. Principal Awiti took over from mr. John Pesa Dache, an accomplished educator turned politician who after his term as Migori Teachers College, was elected as an MP of Migori Constituency. The current school director is Mr. Maurice Ndolo,who was the former Principal of Orero High school.[2] In the year 2010, the school population was 902 students.

The former Principal Mr.Thomas Kogola

Student life

The student body is headed by the School Captain (Head Boy) together with Councillors.But in the year 2010,the school introduced student council body. There is an Old Boys Association "Rapogi Old Students Association(ROSA)", which is a social gathering of old boys.

School facilities

The school has 11 Dorms with a capacity of 90 students per dorm,there is still ongoing construction of a storey dorm which upon completion will ease the congestion experienced at the moment. The school is a five streamed school in form one to three,the current form fours have a four streamed class, a total of 19 classes. With the Ministry's stipulated enrolment of 45 students per class, the total student population should therefore be 720. However the present population is slightly higher due to high demand. The school admits children from various religious and ethnic groups after an eight-year primary cycle ending with the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination.

Academic performance

St. Joseph's Rapogi Secondary School is one of the giant school not only in southern Nyanza but also in the whole province.The academic performance of the school is very remarkable.The class of 2004 emerged at position one in Nyanza province,defeating the Maseno School, Maranda High School, Kanga High School and even St. Mary's School Yala. Mr. John O Awiti is the Principal at Yala.[3] Rapogi continues with its sterling performance, in 2011 results it followed Maranda High School in Nyanza and was ranked 19th Nationally.

Notable alumni

Below are a list of some of the boys who passed through the school.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.frenchinkenya.com/view_school.php?school=7863
  2. ↑ "Principals reshuffled as TSC makes changes across counties". Mobile.nation.co.ke. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  3. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary's_School_Yala

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