When Ng’iya Girls High School made a monumental flight on September 19, 2024 of its top 10 candidates, it had one mission: to rival the academic giants in the region. The innovative reward system by the centenary-old girls-only institution to its cremè de la cremè ignited serious competition amongst the class.
Wagongo Tecy Atieno, an A student, wasn’t part of the flight. “I missed the KQ flight by a whisker as I was placed 16th. The airlift sparked off stiff competition in my class. It was almost bare knuckle – gloves off!”
Wagongo’s sterling results didn’t come cheap. Her secondary education was at the risk of coming to an abrupt end due to lack of school fees. “My parents, both primary school teachers struggled to raise my school fees. I was determined to make them proud.
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When the Education Cabinet Secretary, Julius Migos announced the 2024 KCSE results, I tried to download them but the portal was jammed. Shortly, my class teacher, Jane Ogada in the company of other tutors was at our doorstep in Gem Constituency to break the good news. I’d topped my class with a straight A”.
The 17-year-old girl who attained 384 marks at KCPE at Ming’awo Primary School in Siaya County aspires to pursue neurosurgery at the University of Nairobi. Two things kept her forward on excelling.
First, her relentless determination and second, the childhood dream to be a neurosurgeon. Her class-teacher exuded confidence that the lass would excel in the national exmainations.
Ng’iya Girls Senior Principal Hellen Masengeli was elated after the institution basked in academic glory with several A and A-.
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