Public senior school

Kathaana DEB Secondary School

A C4 mixed day senior school in Kangundo sub-county, Machakos County. It offers STEM and Social Sciences, with 6 subject combinations.

School details admission facts are for the 2026 intake

Cluster: C4
Gender: Mixed
Boarding or day: Day
2026 fees: 2026 public day-school fee schedule: parents are charged KSh 0 for the listed fee heads; the government allocation is KSh 22,244 per learner.
Government-set schedule, not an individual school invoice.

Next placements

Not released yet for the January 2027 intake. Last year: 19 December 2025. KEMIS placement portal · Get an alert when they’re released.

KCSE results 2021–2024

Kathaana DEB Secondary School scored a mean of 3.00 (D) in KCSE 2024, 1.8 points below the national average, up from 2.75 in 2023. Over 2021–2024 it ranks 14th of 16 schools in Machakos County with 3 or more years of published results.

	2024	2023	2022	2021
Mean	3.000	2.750	2.540	2.390
Grade	D	D	D	D-
Candidates	40	45	59	47

KCSE results

Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM4 combinationsPure Sciences 1 · Applied Sciences 3

Pure Sciences · 1Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsST1048

Applied Sciences · 3Agriculture, Biology, Business StudiesST2044

Agriculture, Business Studies, Computer StudiesST2047

Computer Studies, Geography, PhysicsST2018

Social Sciences2 combinationsHumanities & Business Studies 2

Humanities & Business Studies · 2Business Studies, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2025

Christian Religious Education, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, GeographySS2035

Arts & Sports ScienceNot offered

Subjects in these combinations · 10

Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, Geography, History & Citizenship, Physics

Senior schools in Machakos County offering STEM · Social Sciences · Arts & Sports Science

How subject selection works: what pathways, tracks and the codes mean

Codes and registration

KNEC code: 12316134
UIC: V2BV
Level: Senior school
Ownership: Public

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Data sources

The public senior-school list supplies this profile's classification and codes. It does not give coordinates or a school-specific fee invoice.

Register, pathways and fees

Ministry of Education Grade 10 selection portal (KEMIS) pathways, combinations, emblem · checked 15 October 2026
December 2025 senior-school list, row 3463 checked 1 October 2026
Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 2026 fee schedule

KCSE results

The school’s audit reports and newspapers: every source, on the results page 2021–2024