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Kapsabet Girl's High School is a girls boarding school set up in 1924 to offer secondary education to Kenyan students.

The school is located 45 km from Eldoret town, in Kenya's Rift Valley Province,along the Eldoret-Kisumu road.

The school is reputed for its Christian background and good performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams. It is ranked among the top girl's school in the country.The school motto is "COMMITED TO EXCELLENCE."

The current principal is Ms. Susan Chelang'a.

History
The school was founded in 1924 as the Government African School (GAS). It is one of the oldest high schools in the country.

It has made huge developments since its start, and is now an icon of excellence.

Academic Performance
although considered a county school, Kapsabet girl's boasts of its discipline and good grades having occasionally schooled many national schools in the annually taken kenya certificate of secondary education exams.

The class of 2014 scored an excellent 10.3958 mean score and the 2015 alpha centauri class went ahead to outshine them with 10.987 with 40 As 91 A-s 38 B+s and 8 Bs

Many of the school's former students have gone on to gain admission to Ivy League universities in the United States. A high percentage of the school's students qualify to be admitted to the country's public universities. for instance 100% of class of 2015 and 95% of class of 2016 qualified for admission to universities all over the country

Admission
The school attracts students with the highest academic performance. The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) average test score for Kapsabet girl's high school admission 380 or higher. Due to the high number of applicants -over 1500- admission to the school is very competitive. Owing to the school's fees many of the children admitted come from well-to-do backgrounds though those with an unstable financial background are supported by various organizations and the school's fraternity

Curriculum
In the first 2 years at the school, a student has to take the following compulsory subjects – Mathematics, Languages (English and Kiswahili), Sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics), Geography, History and Christian Religious Education. On top of this, the student also has to choose one of the following optional subjects – Agriculture, Business Studies, French, Computer Studies or home science.Upon entering form two, the student can take a minimum of 7 subjects to be examined in the K.C.S.E as per the Kenya National Examinations Council (K.N.E.C) guidelines. Most of the students, however, take 8 subjects.