Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Secondary School, Shimo la Tewa School, Light Academy Mombasa and Matuga Girls Secondary School are among the schools with the top students in the coast region.
By 3:30 pm Thursday, the four schools had recorded several As, A- (minuses) and B+ among their top students, according to results verified by the Star.
At Sheikh Khalifa, which had 213 students, the school had already recorded three As, and seven A- (minuses) by the time of going to press.
The school’s principal, Rishad Rajab said they expect a B+ as their mean grade based on the mock exams
"In comparison with the students that we had in 2023, we expect to do better. This is because for the first time since 2016, we never had a B- in mock. That means we expect a B+ in KCSE," Rajab said.
In 2023, they had a mean grade of C+ in the Mock exams and scored a B in the KCSE.
In the 2023 KCSE exams, they had eight A plains.
Rajab said it is always a challenge to maintain or surpass the previous performance.
"We pray that we get the results that we require. We are under pressure to perform," he said.
He said they had a 9.4 mean grade in 2023; therefore, they expect a 9.5 this time
According to the school teachers and students, they started revision from the first term.
Their top three students, Farouq Ali, Uzair Hussein, Najma Njambi all had A plains of 82 points.
Farouq Ali, from Kombani in Kwale County, said he did not expect the marks.
He said he has made his family proud.
"I am human and I have my weaknesses. They persevered with me," he said.’
He wants to pursue medicine at his dream university, the University of Nairobi.
Mwana Bugu, his mother, said their firstborn has made them proud.
Saad Said Twaha, another student at Sheikh Khalifa, got an A- of 80 points.
Twaha said he made his parents and teachers proud.
"Everything is Allah," he said.
He said his dream is to be an engineer.
Hashim Hussein, a physics and math teacher, said Twaha has been a great student.
His mother Amina Nassor said Twaha is ambitious and a go-getter.
"He is open-minded and listens. That's the good about him," she said.
Said Twaha, the father, said education is the best investment that a parent can make in their children.
He noted that parents should always support their children in whatever endeavour that their children choose.
"We had no hopes that he would get here," she said.
She advised students to work hard despite the challenges they are going through.
At Light Academy by 2.30pm had got one A plain of 84 points, three A-s.
Hamid Ali, the top student, said he would like to pursue engineering but is yet to decide which path.
He would like to pursue his course abroad.
"I knew I was working hard and believed in myself," said Ali.
He said he enjoyed Maths, Chemistry and IRE.
Maika Mohamed, a teacher, said they expected the results because of the committed and disciplined students.
He said they had 81 candidates and almost half of them had their results out.
“We expect a mean of 9.5, which would be a slight decline from the previous year. The grading system is new and that could have contributed to the decline,” he said.
At Shimo la Tewa School, the only boys’ national school in Mombasa, the school had recorded an A, seven A- (minuses), and several B+ and B- (minuses).
Fauz Jamal Kanji had an A of 81.
“We are still trying to get all the results; the system is quite slow. However, so far, we have one student with an A of 81, and seven others with A- (minuses),” said the School Principal, Mathew Mutiso.
Mutiso said they expect better results than 2023.
“We are optimistic we would do better,” he told the Star.
At Matuga Girls Secondary, the school had produced an A of and several B+ by the time of going to press.
The top girl in the school was Hellen Ndanu.
“We are still trying to access all the results,” said a staff at the school.
