Nairobi School constructed in 1945 as a sister school, the Duke of York school (today, Lenana School) was founded in 1948. Today the school, named after Kenya's capital, is one of the leading National Schools in the country. Nairobi School sits on over 200 acres of land about 11 kilometres from the city centre and has over 1100 students currently enrolled. Nairobi School follows the 8-4-4 system of education. The school curriculum is provided by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, a department of the Ministry of Education in Kenya. The subjects offered in the school are as follows: In Form 1
History of Nairobi plague and the subsequent burning down of the original town. By 1905, Nairobi was a humming commercial center and replaced Mombasa as capital of the British East Africa. The city expanded, supported by the growth in administrative functions and in tourism, initially in the form of British big game hunting. As the British colonialists explored the region, they began using Nairobi as their first stop. This prompted the colonial government to build several grand hotels in the city for British tourists and big game hunters. Nairobi continued to grow under British rule, and many Britons settled within the city's suburbs.