This year’s KCSE examinations were tough for the top performing schools in Mombasa, going by the results that were received.
A majority, namely Sheikh Khalifa, Light Academy, Memon High and Aga Khan High, were by this evening still celebrating A- (minus) grades.
By the time of going to press, Memon High was leading the pack with 11 students who had A- (minus), four B+ (plus), four B- (minus) and six B plains.
Of those whose results had come in, the top student had an A- (minus) of 80 points.
Memon had received total results for 25 students out of the 104 who sat the examination at the school.
Sheikh Khalifa had 10 students who had managed an A- (minus) for those had already received their results.
Light Academy had only received results of 10 students out of the 28 who had sat the exams.
Six students had managed to get A- (minus), with the top student managing an A- (minus) of 70 points.
Memon’s top student Mohamed Issa said he had hoped for the best, but he is now comfortable with what he achieved.
HOPES TO DO MEDICINE
“I had prepared well and was hoping for an A, but I thank God for my performance,” said Issa, who wants to pursue medicine at the University of Nairobi.
Abdul Basit managed to scored an A- (minus) of 79 points and also wants to pursue medicine at the same university.
Three girls - Faunzia Ali, Tanzila Yakub and Khulud Nurani - managed to get A- (minus) and they all want to pursue medicine.
Their principal Joseph Mwangi said discipline and hard work was the secret to the exemplary performance in the national examination.
“Almost all of them want to pursue medicine. This shows that they were well prepared and they are following after other students from Memon who are already studying medicine at the universities,” said Mwangi.
Light Academy’s top performer was Noordin Kullow who had an A- of 79 points followed by Kassam Moosa who had 76 points.
Kullow said he wants to pursue Civil Engineering and he did not expect to score an A- (minus).
“I had expected to pass well, but this took me by surprise,” he said.
Sheikh Khalifa principal Suleiman Khamis said they are still compiling the results.
By the time of going to press, Sauda Habib managed to scored an A- (minus) of 78 points, leading the 150 candidates who had sat the examination at the school.
“She has so far done us proud. We had instilled discipline in the students which helped them managed their time,” said Khamis.
Education CS Fred Matiang'i released the results on Wednesday saying only 142 As were produced from 615,773 candidates.
He mentioned three schools that have done well nationally: Alliance Girls, Kenya High and Pangani Girls.
