By NATION REPORTER ( email the author)
Posted Tuesday, February 12 2013 at 00:30
Posted Tuesday, February 12 2013 at 00:30
Brookhouse International School — the venue of yesterday’s presidential debate — is not just another learning institution.
The debate — the first of its kind in Kenya — was conducted inside a state-of-the art auditorium in the school’s castle-style building. The auditorium is known as Burudani Theatre and usually hosts theatre performances by the students.
The school is near the Galleria shopping mall, a short distance from the Bomas of Kenya, which will be the tallying centre for the election results on March 4.
Brookhouse is a member of the Round Square group of schools worldwide and is committed to the principles of democracy and civic education, which partly explains why it accepted to host the unique debate.
Established in 1981, Brookhouse is designed to cater for the children of the who’s who in society from diplomats, CEOs of blue chip companies, businesspeople and top government officials ,with parents paying Sh1.1 million per term for each child.
Established in 1981, Brookhouse is designed to cater for the children of the who’s who in society from diplomats, CEOs of blue chip companies, businesspeople and top government officials ,with parents paying Sh1.1 million per term for each child.
Enjoy a barbecue
Students can enjoy a barbecue by the swimming pool, sip hot chocolate, munch cookies and they listen to music after evening preps.
Most classes have no more than 20 students.
Laundry is done by staff and boarding rooms have TV sets and radios but teachers decide what the students watch or listen to.
International trips are planned every year and excursions to places like the Maasai Mara are standard fare.
“Not many years ago, international schools in the country catered predominantly for expatriates,” said Mr John O’Connor, the director of Brookhouse in an earlier interview with the Daily Nation.
“But things have changed and more Kenyans are sending their children to such schools,” he said.
The school offers the broad British National Curriculum.
At the age of 16+ the students write the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), followed by either British system A-Levels or the International Baccalaureate (IB) at 18+.
Brookhouse media liaison officer Joyce Gacheru said the school was honoured to host the presidential debates, the first of which was aired last evening.
The school with a rural campus environment has 70 teachers and students from 40 countries.
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