Our Story
We provide the Kenyan and Cambridge curricula drawing from global best practice with a child centered approach. We educate the whole child to be ready for life and work in the modern world while aiming to make Makini a world class school.
Our Promise
Academic Progress
A Makini Learner exceeds previous expectations of what they can achieve academically, whatever their starting point.
Work Readiness
A Makini Learner understands, develops and models the skills and attributes required for a rewarding and satisfying career.
Confidence
A Makini Learner is confident in their heritage, self worth, unique voice and ability to make a positive difference in the world.
History
Makini Schools was founded in February 1978. It was then called the Riara Gardens Academy and began as a nursery school with just 8 children. This was in a colonial bungalow where once lived the founders, the late Dr. Pius Okelo and Dr. Mary Okelo.
The school then organically grew in phases and by 1980 another plot was bought across the Kirichwa River. In 1981, the name was changed to Makini Schools.
In 1996 the high school was opened enrolling 27 boys in Form 1. The following year, it admitted girls. Currently, the school has four campuses: the Ngong Road (mother) campus and the Makini Junior Academy on State House Avenue in Nairobi; Makini Junior School Migosi and Makini School Kibos in Kisumu.
On its 40th anniversary in 2018, the school changed ownership from the Okelo’s and is now under the ADvTECH Group. Our aim is to become a world class Kenyan curriculum school in the region.
Mission
Makini will actively encourage and facilitate: The formation of each student’s moral character, unique skills, capabilities and talents; the creation of a strong communal ethos of social responsibility; and the achievement of the highest possible academic results.
Vision
Makini’s vision is to provide quality education at affordable cost and to create centres of excellence in which each child will develop: the highest possible moral, academic, cultural and sporting standards; a wide range of interests, capacities and talents; a strong sense of social responsibility and carry these values into adult life.
Our Aims
To offer the Kenyan and Cambridge curricula drawing on global best practice
To ensure each Makini child is equipped to have a happy and successful life
To become a world class school
The Team
Roy Douglas
Chief Executive Officer
ADvTECH Group
Stefan Coetsee
Regional Finance Director for Makini Schools and GIS
Jackie van der Merwe
Regional Human Resources Director for Makini Schools and GIS
ADvTECH Group
Jaco Lotz
International Business Development Executive / Director
ADvTECH Group
Angelica Ouya
Education Director
Horace Mpanza
Regional Managing Director (Makini Schools & GIS)
ADvTECH Group
Anne Karugu
Sales & Marketing Director
Nelly Omino
Principal- Makini Cambridge School
Jean Wachira
Principal - Makini Junior Academy
Immaculate Musambai
Principal - High School
Catherine Njuguna
Principal of Primary School – Ngong Road
John Murithi
Head Teacher - Upper School
Wilson Mwangi
Executive Head for CBC – Ngong Road campus.
Everlyne Wacheke
Head Teacher - Pre Primary
Margaret Wanyonyi
Head Teacher - Makini School Kibos
Joshua Ngira
Principal - Makini School Kisumu
Bernice Amenya
Head Teacher - Makini School Migosi
020 387 5006
School
Other Links
Nairobi
P.O. Box 21784-00505,
Nairobi, Kenya
Kisumu
P.O.Box 1350-40100,
Kisumu, Kenya