Secondary Schools from Etago Sub-county in Kisii that performed well in the 2024 KCSE examination have been praised.
At the same time, Principals whose schools did not meet the expectations have been cautioned against laxity and told to pull up their socks.
Etago Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) Rose Muthee said she was generally impressed with the examinations outcome from the 22 secondary schools within her sub county and attributed it to hardwork from teachers, candidates and parents who carried their parental responsibility, preparing their children well for the examinations.
“We are generally happy although we have not received all performance reports from some schools but majority of them have given us hope that is why we can speak about them here with confidence,” she said.
The administrator singled out some schools like Nyangweta SDA, Mariwa, St Linus Etago Girls’ Ndonyo, Muma and Ikoba as some of the institutions that posted improved and encouraging results.
She advised some Principals and their School Management Committees (SCM) to join hands with the community and analyse the problems hindering their schools from performing well in exams and solve them amicably instead of accusing and blaming one another over poor results.
The vivacious keen administrator, who spoke to Education News at her Etago office, took a swipe at Monianku, Nchoro Moticho and Nyaimera schools over poor results and attributed them to internal leadership wrangles fueled by clannism and sponsors of schools.
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She called for quick intervention from the education officers to salvage the situation.
Confirming that percentage of between 60 and 70 per cent of the total 2024 KCSE candidature attained the possible grade C+ for direct entry to University.
She asked the rest who did not achieve their target not to lose hope but instead decide to either go back to school and try their second chance or join middle level colleges and institutes to pursue courses of their own choice.
“Let our youths be reminded that feeling a failure is temporary but the greatest folly they can make is to feel defeated and despair,” she said.
Survey carried by Education News across the sub county noted that Nyangweta SDA emerged the most improved school in the area.
Out of the 125 candidates who sat for the examinations, 97 scored grade C+ and above with the best three students scoring grade B plus.
There were 24, 37 and 33 candidates who scored grade B plain, B minus and C+ plus in that order as 16 scored C plain while six candidates bagged grade C-
Four candidates scored grade D+ as the last two scooped grade D and with school mean grade dropping from 7.5 in 2023 to 7.4 in 2024 examinations with a deviation of -1.
One of the parents Ben Mouti, a retired high school teacher, attributed the good performance from the school to the fear of God, elaborate school administrativion and academic policies and determination from teachers and students.
By Enock Okong’o.
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