Several schools in Garissa County burst into celebrations immediately after the results of last year’s KCSE results were announced by Education CS Julius Ogamba.
However, private schools outshone their public secondary counterparts for the second year running.
At Al-Azhar High School candidates joined their former students and teachers in dancing and chanting to their excellent performance. At least 219 candidates attained the minimum university entry points.
Anis Osman Ahmed, who scored a B+ attributed his success to hard work, discipline, and support from the teachers, parents and fellow students.
“I attribute this success to hard work, guidance and unwavering support from both parents, teachers, and my fellow students,” Ahmed said.
A long serving teacher at the institution, James Ondiko, thanked the entire school fraternity for their teamwork adding that the outcome was a true reflection of their commitment.
“We are as an institution super excited with the results. It is through God’s grace that we were able to get one A-. At least 219 students attained the university minimum entry grades,” Ondiko said.
“The Al-Azhar fraternity spent endless nights to ensure that our candidates were adequately prepared. We are now here, and God has seen us through,” he added.
Top performers included Rawdha Alinoor Hassan, from Mwangaza High School, who scored an A-, placing her among the leading candidates in the Northeastern region.
Rawdha thanked her teachers, parents, and the entire school fraternity for their unwavering support, noting that her success required immense sacrifice. She intends to pursue medicine at the university.
“It has always been my dream to pursue this particular course because, as a region, we are faced with an acute shortage of doctors. My dream has always been to give back to society,” she said.
Selina Chembeni, a teacher at Mwangaza said the strong performance did not come as a surprise, citing consistency, hard work and discipline as being behind the success.
“Our learners have been very disciplined since they joined the institution. That is how we have molded them,” she said. She attributed the continued success to cooperation among parents, teachers, and students.
Feisal Abdinoor, the top student at Garissa Progressive High School, scored an A- and credited his achievement to discipline and humility. “I want to tell students to always remember where they come from. Trust the process and, above all, burn the midnight oil because, honestly, success does not come easy,” Abdinoor said.
By Jacob Songok
