North Rift Little-known Schools That Floored Region’s Academic giants
The North Rift region’s academic powerhouses did not perform well in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam in 2022, while lesser-known schools in the region posted impressive results.
When schools like St. Anthony, Kapsabet Boys, and Moi High School Kabarak maintained their strong performance to rank among the top in the nation, many parents were dismayed by the decline of several academic titans.
Sacho High School, Kabarnet High School, Tenges, and Kapropita Girls lost to lesser-known schools in Baringo.
Baringo High School’s mean grade was 8.32. The school had 250 candidates. Fourteen students averaged an A or A- grade. Garang Kuol, a student of Baringo High School, scored a mean grade of A to place among the top candidates.
“I didn’t expect the results, I expected to get good results. I want to thank my teachers for guiding me,” said Kuol, who hopes to get a scholarship and pursue mechanical engineering at the University of Nairobi.
Although Kabarnet High School’s mean score increased from 7.65 to 7.799 in the 2021 KCSE, just five students earned results of A or A-. 2015 KCSE results revealed that the school’s mean score was 9.068.
Schools such as Ossen and Ruth Kiptai excelled on the KCSE exams of 2022. With a mean score of 9.2, Ossen High School was able to send all candidates to university.
Ruth Kiptui Girls High School Kasok had a score of 8.87, placing it among the best schools in the county. With 280 candidates (58 B+, 146 B, 72 B-, and 2 C+), two students will be denied university school.
Other schools, such as Tabagon High School, achieved a mean score of 8.4, whilst Sacho High School improved from 7.4 to 8.23 in the past year.
For the seventh straight year, secondary schools in Turkana County have failed to generate all A’s on the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.
Turkana Girls High School and Lodwar Boys High School, both of which are categorized as national schools, are the huge schools that residents continue to look up to for the highest grade.
With 193 candidates, Katilu Boys Secondary School in Turkana South Sub County topped the 2022 KCSE results for the county.
The school’s mean score was 7.5855. Two candidates received an A-minus, eight received a B+, 72 a B-, 56 a C+, 31 a C, and two a C-. Noordin Ramadhan Musyoki and Eyanae Kelvin Ekitela were the top two candidates with A- points of 76 and 75 points, respectively.
Three A- (minus), nine B+, 22 B, 26 B-, 40 C+, 44 C, 22 C-, 11 D+, and four D were earned by Lodwar Boys High School. The mean score was 6.8453 (C+).
With 163 candidates, Turkana Girls High School had two students with an A-, seven B+, 22 B, 26B-, 24C+, 46C, 24C-, 10D+, one D, and one X. The school’s mean score was 6.821 (C+).
Residents have expressed their dissatisfaction about the recurring low performance of the county’s best schools.
In 2015, Lodwar Boys High School’s Samuel Nakata reportedly scored the last perfect grade of 82 points.
Mr. Emmanuel Ekuwom, a local resident, stated that national schools performed poorly.
“This is not the Lodwar Boys we used to know, something must be done. Even the school management usually delays to make the results public,” Mr Ekuwom said
Kapenguria School failed to produce straight-A students in West Pokot County.
The school with a mean score of 7.8333 had eight candidates with mean scores of A-, 35 B+, 64 B, 74 B-, 59 C+, 38C,17C-, and three D+.
The average score for Chewoyet Boys was 8.3, while the best candidate, Kipkorir Kenan, received an A, 27 A-, 47 B+, 57 B, 50 B-, 46 C+, 34 C, 10 C-, and 2 D+.
Mr. Kiminisi Barasa, the school’s principal, stated, “Hard work pays and there is room for improvement.“
On the KCSE exam administered in 2022, public schools in Elgeyo Marakwet County outperformed their private counterparts.
In the exams, St Patrick’s High Iten, Metkei Girls, and Moi Girls Kapsowar retained their domination. The deceased former Cabinet minister Nicholas Biwott’s Maria Soti School dominated the private category.
The average grade at St. Patrick’s High School increased from 8.01 in 2021 to 8.3 in 2022.
Peter Rotich, the school’s chief principal, attributed the positive results to the stakeholders’ concentration, work, and teamwork.
“The conducive environment and spiritual support by chaplaincy and discipline also made a big difference for the positive results,” said Mr. Rotich.
Among other grades, the school had four A, 41 (A-), 81 (B+), 96 (B), and 88 (B-).
North Rift Little-known Schools That Floored Region’s Academic giants
