Unofficial guide — not affiliated with KEMIS or the Ministry of Education.

Career Pathways in Kenya's Senior School

A guide to CBC pathways, tracks, and subject combinations.

Under Kenya's Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), students entering Senior School (Grades 10–12) choose one of 3 broad career pathways. Each pathway groups several tracks, and each track offers several subject combinations that a school can be registered to teach. Based on data from 10,651 registered senior schools nationwide, here's how the pathways break down.

STEM Pathway

Pure Sciences, Applied Sciences, and Technical Studies. Offered by 10,509 schools — the largest pathway by school count.

View STEM tracks & subjects

Social Sciences Pathway

Humanities & Business Studies, and Languages & Literature. Offered by 10,505 schools.

View Social Sciences tracks & subjects

Arts & Sports Science Pathway

Arts, and Sports. Offered by 3,261 schools.

View Arts & Sports tracks & subjects

Looking for a specific school?

Use the school search tool to find senior schools by county and subject combination directly.