Public senior school

St. Benedicts Secondary School-Karau

A C4 mixed day senior school in Embu North sub-county, Embu County. It offers STEM, Social Sciences and Arts & Sports Science, with 8 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 2008–2010

St. Benedicts Secondary School-Karau scored a mean of 2.71 (D) in KCSE 2010, 2.4 points below the national average, down from 2.74 in 2009.

	2010	2009	2008
Mean	2.708	2.743	2.705
Grade	D	D	D
Candidates	24	35	44

KCSE results

Pathways and subject combinations checked 15 October 2026

STEM3 combinationsPure Sciences 2 · Applied Sciences 1

Pure Sciences · 2Agriculture, Biology, ChemistryST1042

Biology, Chemistry, PhysicsST1048

Applied Sciences · 1Business Studies, Computer Studies, PhysicsST2007

Social Sciences3 combinationsHumanities & Business Studies 3

Humanities & Business Studies · 3Business Studies, Geography, History & CitizenshipSS2025

Business Studies, Geography, Literature in EnglishSS2061

Christian Religious Education, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, History & CitizenshipSS2069

Arts & Sports Science2 combinationsSports 2

Sports · 2General Science, Music & Dance, Sports & RecreationAS2046

General Science, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & FilmAS2038

Subjects in these combinations · 15

Agriculture, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Christian Religious Education, Computer Studies, Fasihi ya Kiswahili, General Science, Geography, History & Citizenship, Literature in English, Music & Dance, Physics, Sports & Recreation, Theatre & Film

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

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

Codes and registration

KNEC code: 14355208
UIC: LQKX
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 928 checked 1 October 2026
Kenya Gazette Notice No. 1449 2026 fee schedule

KCSE results

KNEC’s results for every school: every source, on the results page 2008–2010