- The school, from Bungoma county, had 30 As, 89 A-, 120 B+, 80 B, 84 B-, 47 C+, 11 C, and two C-
- He praised the teachers for the improvement from the 2022 results
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Western region's academic giant, Friends School Kamusinga has bounced back to the top after posting a mean of 9.36 points in last year's KCSE exams.
The school, from Bungoma county, had 30 As, 89 A-, 120 B+, 80 B, 84 B-, 47 C+, 11 C, and two C-.
The stellar performance translated to a mean grade of B.
Principal Paul Weloba attributed the performance to hard work and cooperation among teachers, parents, leaders, support staff and the community.
He praised the teachers for the improvement from the 2022 results.
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, there is a bright future for Friends School Kamusinga. We are going to do even much better because the 2024 class is more prepared,” Weloba said.
He said he did not expect the good performance from the 2023 class owing to the many disciplinary cases among the students.
Bungoma High school posted an average performance with, 8 A-, 24 B+ , 55 B, 45 B-, 67 C+ , 88 C and 13 D+.
Elsewhere, Butere Girls School, the only national girls' school in Kakamega made an improvement from last year and posted a mean of 8.7 points.
Out of the 558 students, 13 had A, 68 A-, 39 B+, 184 B, 125 B-, 35 C+, three C plain and one D+.
Principal Jenipher Omondi told the Star they had enrolled the students in a mentorship programme.
In the programme, they were trained, counseled and advised on their academic journey.
"We had good results based on the mentorship the students received," she said.
Omondi said, First Lady Rachel Ruto, an alumni of the school, helped set up the programme and also mentored the girls.
Still in Kakamega, St Peters Mumias Boys registered an improvement after posting a mean score of 8.5 points, up from last year's 8.1 points.
One student had an A, 36 A-, 72 B+, 155 B, 175 B-, 76 C+, C plain 12, and One C-.
Principal Chrispinus Owino attributed the good performance to the christian values the school has instilled in the students.
"We have not yet reached where we want to be, but next year I want to assure the stakeholders that we will topple the so called national schools and academic giants," he said.
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