Mukumu Girls Aims for KCSE Exam Success as Last batch of Students Report to School.
The Sacred Heart Mukumu Girls High School has reopened in phases and the last phase, which was the reporting of Form One students, concludes today.
The administration was pleased that almost all of the learners in Forms Four, Three and Two had turned up by yesterday afternoon.
Principal Jane Mmbone expressed her confidence that all the Form Ones would report back.
“More than 1,500 of our girls are back in school and we are confident all the Form Ones will report back,” said Principal Jane Mmbone.
The school will now focus on academics and spiritual nourishment to ensure that the students and teachers heal from the health crisis that led to the school being closed last term.
Principal Mmbone said that the school had prepared the learners well and that the students and teachers are eager to start again. The Form Fours have promised to excel in this year’s KCSE examinations in honor of their teacher and three colleagues.
The school Shinyalu Constituency school was shut down last month after hundreds of students fell ill. Health experts have attributed the stomach-aches to the consumption of toxic maize and water.
Mukumu Girls Phased Reopening and Strict Measures
The crisis led to the transfer of the then Principal Fridah Ndolo and dissolution of the Board of Management.
The school has taken measures to prevent the recurrence of the crisis, including ensuring that the maize and water consumed by the students are safe.
Mukumu girls school has also put in place measures to ensure that the environment is safe for the learners. The administration has promised to work with the relevant authorities to ensure that the school remains safe for the students.
The reopening of the school is a relief to parents and guardians who were concerned about the welfare of their children. Many of them had taken their children home after the crisis.
The school’s administration has promised to take good care of the students and ensure that they are safe and healthy. They have also assured the parents and guardians that the students will receive a quality education.
Wendy Abetti, who was a 14-year-old Form One student at Mukumu Girls High School, passed away after a presumed case of food poisoning at the school.
Mukumu Girls Aims for KCSE Exam Success as Last batch of Students Report to School.