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About KESSHA

The Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) is a prominent professional organization representing around 7,000 members from both public and private secondary schools throughout Kenya. Founded in the late 1960s, KESSHA is dedicated to providing professional advice and support to its members, who are spread across all 47 counties. Its mission is to enhance the standards of education by empowering school heads with the necessary tools, knowledge, and networks to lead effectively.

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Our Mission

KESSHA’s mission is to “provide exemplary leadership and training, and foster partnerships for quality education” We keep abreast with contemporary national and global educational issues and participate in formulation and implementation of policies.

Our Vision

KESSHA’s vision is to “be a globally competitive and dynamic professional body in the education sector”. Our goal is to collaborate with all stakeholders and partners in building leadership capacity of all the Association’s organs, strengthens curriculum delivery programmes, forge global networks to facilitate learning and address emerging issues in the education sector.

KESSHA Objectives

Promote the rights and responsibilities of Principals, their professional organizations and the material and ethical interests of the education profession.

Promote the exchange of people and professional publications among the constituent groups, and encourage participation in meetings and conferences across national boundaries.

Foster school curricula, which encourage international understanding, goodwill, respect for human rights and dignity across all races and cultures.

Promote and encourage equal opportunities for all young persons to develop to their fullest potential in achieving a respectable and productive quality of life.

Assist members to give effective and well directed service to their own schools and communities.



Participate in making education policies in liaison with the Ministry of Education and Teachers Service Commission.


Formulate and publicize agreed policies concerning administrative and educational problems with which heads of schools may from time to time be concern.

Organize regular exchange of opinion and experience on all matters concerning the teaching profession, nationally and internationally.

Enable members to assist one another in their dealings with the stakeholders.


Establish sound, co-operative liaison with the Ministry of Education, Teachers Service Commission (TSC), Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), including other professional bodies within and without the country, as well as with employers interested in recruiting the services of the students leaving schools.