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Senior School Pathways in Kenya: STEM, Social Sciences, Arts & Sports

Understand Kenya's Senior School pathway structure and how pathways connect to subject combinations and schools.

Reviewed 2026-08-18

Official-source fact

Pathways organise Senior School choices

The Ministry's official selection platform presents STEM, Social Sciences, and Arts & Sports as the three broad Senior School pathways available for exploration during Grade 10 selection.

Official-source fact

A pathway is not one fixed subject list

The official selection platform allows learners to choose subject combinations associated with their pathway rather than treating every learner in a pathway as taking one identical set of subjects.

Official-source fact

Schools differ in what they offer

The Ministry platform supports searching Senior Schools against pathway and subject-combination choices. A learner should therefore verify a school's actual offering instead of assuming every Senior School offers every combination.

Important boundary

Use curriculum and assessment authorities for different questions

KICD is the curriculum source for Grade 10 designs, while KNEC operates the competency-based assessment infrastructure. VibeSchool should preserve that distinction when explaining curriculum, assessment and school-selection information.

Continue with the evidence, not just the explanation.

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