Most of the 1,200 girls subjected to female genital mutilation in Kerio Valley last December scored high marks in the KCPE exams.
The government and professionals are now urging parents to let the girls join secondary schools instead of marrying the off.
“We want all our girls to be allowed to go to secondary schools even as we put in more effort to fight the FGM vice,” Anti-FGM Board chairperson Linah Kilimo said yesterday.
She said FGM is a major reason girls drop out of high school.
Kilimo spoke to the Star on the phone.
The majority of schools in Kerio Valley produced top KCPE exam scorers and girls from Endo and lower Sambirir wards recorded top marks.
Marakwet East subcounty examination officer Ishmael Boit said at least 100 girls in Kerio Valley schools scored 350 and above.
“Many girls from the two areas were reported to have been subjected to FGM in December,” he said.
