• Babu said they should not be embarrassed by their failure, because it is all part of the process to success.
• He insisted that success is built on failure and frustration.
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Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has encouraged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education candidates who scored below C+ that all is not lost.
In Kenya, a C+ is the minimum university entry grade.
In a message on Tuesday, Babu urged the candidates not to be embarrassed by their failure, because it is all part of the process to success.
He insisted that success is built on failure and frustration.
"Do not be embarrassed by your failure, learn from it and start. Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success," Babu said.
"People who avoid failure also avoid success because success is built on failure and frustration. Sometimes it’s built on catastrophe. When we permit ourselves to fail, we, at the same time, permit ourselves to excel."
The legislator said the only thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve is the fear of failure.
Babu encouraged them to register for certificate, and diploma courses and keep on advancing from there.
He added that those who want to repeat to better their grades should not fear to do so.
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Stand up and dust yourself, there are many opportunities still waiting for you. Let some register for Certificate Courses while others Diploma courses," the Embakasi East MP said.
"But don’t stop there, after the diploma go for a degree course. For some don’t fear to repeat Form 4 for there’s no hurry in life, fail nine times rise 10 you shall still have succeeded. Some can invest in their Talents for there are many avenues to the city of Victory."
His remarks come a day after the Ministry of Education announced the results of the 2023 KCSE exams.
Out of the 903,260 candidates who sat for the national examinations last year, more than half scored below the Mean Grade D+.
A total of 494,317 candidates scored a mean grade of D+ and below, translating to 54.72 per cent of the total number of candidates.
From the results, 125,006 candidates scored a mean grade of D+, while 155, 276 managed grade D plain.
Further, a total of 165, 861 candidates scored D-, while 48, 174 candidates scored a mean grade E.