St Andrews Turi, Greensteads International School, Brookhouse and Peponi School are just some of those schools that pop up on your mind when you think of high-end schools in Kenya.
These are the schools where the affluent in Kenya and even larger East Africa love to take their kids and Steve Mbogo, a flamboyant politician cum business is one of them.
The flashy businessman’s firstborn daughter Fatmah attends Brookhouse School. A school that has nurtured the kids of other well-off Kenyans like Julie Gichuru, William Kabogo and Anne Waiguru
Brookhouse School is an independent British curriculum co-educational day and boarding school locate in Lang’ata on your way to Ongata Rongai and Runda.
Brookhouse School fees as we all know is pretty steep with the school fees ranging from 490,000-875,000 for years 2-5, with 6-8 paying 535,000 for day scholars and 920,000 Kshs for boarders.
Years 9-11 pay 590,000-975,000 while those in year 12-13 which is Form 3 and Form 4 pay between 605,000-990,000. (This is according to a 2018 Fee structure).
Most Expensive in Africa
Kenya’s elite schools are the most expensive in Africa according to a 2018 report.
The cost of educating a child below 10 years in Nairobi’s top private schools is $10,500 (Sh1million) a year on average, the International Schools Database Survey states (ISDS).
“The survey suggests that the high price is in part due to high-quality education and costs,” Andrea Robledillo of the ISDS said.
Kenya has a chain of international schools which offer international curriculum like the British education system and charge up to $25,988 (sh2.7million) per year, rivalling more advanced metropolis like Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Copen Hagen and Cape town whose fees are nearly a third of what Kenyan schools charge.
Top on the list of Nairobi’s exclusive schools is the International School of Kenya (ISK) which charges parents a whopping $25,988 per child.
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