Primary education

In Kenya, the primary education starts from the age of six or seven subsequent to the conclusion of one year of kinder garden normally known as per unit or Nursery school. The primary school year or the first class is called as Standard I, the concluding year is called as standard 8 and the school kids are called as pupils. The kids have 3 school holidays in the month of April, August and December. The students progress to the next grade at the concluding of the school year. A majority of the primary schools are day schools, with the students staying at their house. A few of the primary schools are boarding ones in contrast o the secondary schools.

In standard eight, at the conclusion of the school year all students attend the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination.

Secondary education

The secondary education is divided into 3 categories, government funded, private and harambee. The government aided schools are segrgaeted national, district, and provincial levels. Pupils having top scores have access to the national school, whilst those having average scores have entry to district and provincial schools. The students with low scores have admission to the Harambee schools. Students failing in the exams have options to either attend the exams again or take up any technical training prospects.

In the present system, the students undergo four year of secondary schools before taking up the school leaving exam at the conclusion of the 4th year. The secondary school year or the first class is called as form 1, and form 4 is called as the concluding year. At the fourth year end, from the month of Oct to Nov, the pupils take up the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination. In 2008, plans were introduced by the Government to provide all Kenyans with free Secondary education.

Some of the historical prominent high schools comprises of Starehe Boys' Centre and School and Mang'u High School, Alliance High School (Kenya).

Some of the oldest Kenyan private schools comprises Nairobi (1921), Loreto Convent Msongari, Nairobi, St. Mary's School, , Consolata School, Oshwal Academy, Rift Valley Academy, Braeburn School Strathmore School, Kenton College Brook house School, and Aga Khan Academy.

Vocational schools and colleges

The 2 or 3 year post secondary school organizations are called as colleges. These institutions award diplomas, certificates, and higher national diplomas subsequent to the victorious conclusion of pertinent courses. These organizations provide courses such as Accounting Business Education, Secretarial Studies, Teacher Training, Computer Studies, Nursing, Media, Journalism, Culinary Studies, Design, Technical Skills, Foreign Languages, and Tourism.

University education

In Kenya, there are a total of 30 universities out of which 23 are private and 7 are public. The seven public universities have a total 12 component colleges. The University of Nairobi is one of the oldest universities in the country.

Some of the other universities are Kenyatta University - KU, Egerton University, Moi University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology - JKUAT, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Egerton University, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology and Maseno University