“My parents at home and Zamzam family gave me the morale and they believed in me.”
Okoth wishes to be a pilot in future and hopes to join Kapsabet High School in Nandi County.
Zamzam school had a mean score of 371.56 with social studies leading with 81.77.
It also had eight learners with more than 400 marks and 38 with above 350 marks.
On Monday, Teachers Service Commission CEO Nancy Macharia said they will recognize and award teachers whose learners excel in the exam.
Thirty teachers who stood out in various aspects will be rewarded, she said.
This year, Magata Bruce Mackenzie emerged as the top student in the country with 428 Marks.
Mackenzie was a candidate at the Gilgil Hills Academy.
Magata was closely followed by Ashley Kerubo from Makini School Kibos with 427 marks.
The total number of students who sat for the 2021 KCPE exam were 1,225,597 across the country in 28,248 centers.
The 2021 KCPE exam started on March 7 and ended on March 9.
The performance of male and female candidates was comparable.
A total of 315,275 candidates scored between 300-399, while 578,197 scored between 200 to 299 marks.
In his announcement, the CS George Magoha said this is the second last exam before the education curriculum fully shifts to the Competency-based Curriculum.
This year the council registered 1,225,507 candidates in 28,316 KCPE examination centres as compared to 1,191,752 candidates in 28,467 centres in 2020.
