The top student from Bungoma County in this year’s Kenya certificate of primary education Tatiana Wabwire wants to be an architect in future.
Tatiana
a pupil at Bungoma DEB primary in Kanduyi constituency Bungoma town managed to get 441 marks out of 500.
The best student overall in the country manged to get 455 marks in the results that were announced on Tuesday by education CS Fred Matiangi.
Tatiana was followed
by Loreen
Baraza a student from Sambu central primary in Webuye east who also scored 441 marks.
Tabitha Okwiri the school’s head teacher said that the school which was doing the KCPE for the second time had performed extraordinarily well shocking both teachers and parents.
She said that the second student Melvin Mukhwana got 428 while 12 other students got over four hundred and the last one had 332.
Speaking to the press at the school on Tuesday the 14 years old girl from Mandizini estate in Bungoma town said that she would like to join Kenya High and pursue her secondary education.
She said that she was hardworking and prayerful which managed to help her pass the exams.
She urged her fellow student to keep on being hard working and obeying parents and teachers which is the key to success in life.
Catherine Wabwire the mother said that she has raised the child together with her sister as a single parent.
The woman who sells groceries at the schools gate said that she has always encouraged her child to do well in her studies so that she may assist him in the near future.
She appealed to
the county government of Bungoma through governor Wycliffe Wangamati
and equity through wings to fly to help her daughter accomplish her dreams by aiding me in getting her fees
‘I have tried my best to ensure my girl does not lack anything and wherever i have lacked money I have been asking the school management that has been assisting me greatly,’ she said.
Irene Mutoka, Wabwires class teacher said that she was a very hardworking student who never arrived in school late.
She has been following teacher’s advice by arriving and going to school early and leaving late.
She was picked last year at the county head student due to her commitment in studies.
She said that the girl comes from a very humble family whose mother has been trying to do odd jobs to make ends meet and pay fee for her child.
She said that as teachers they are also calling upon well wisher to assist her pursue her studies
Tobias Khisa the head teacher at Bungoma DEB said that he had 431 candidates and all of them have performed well.
Khisa said that he is happy with the schools performance.
‘You can see her crying it’s because of happiness and she knew she would be the best student in the country and has felt like she did not accomplish her mission,’ he said.
Khisa said that the girl has been helped greatly by the school and appealed to all well wishers to come and assist her pursue her studies.
‘We liked this girl because despite the fact that her mother has been doing odd jobs to make end meets she has always been proud of her mother who has made her rich where she is single handedly,’ she said.
He said that if the girl will not get sponsors the school will assist her continue with her studies since she has broken the schools previous record.
Joshua Onyego county director of education said that there were no cases of cheating and school cancelling results and any of the schools across then county.
He said that out of the over 45,000 students who did the exams the girls performed well than boys.