Hurricane Academy in Kisii posts strong KJSEA results as Director urges discipline

Grade nine graduates transitioning to Grade ten in Senior Secondary school next year have been implored to embrace discipline and moral values to help them exploit their potential.

Hurricane Academy Administrator in Kisii County, Francis Bagaka (pictured below), lauded students who passed out of the Institution to join Grade 10, terming it a milestone in their education journey as they move on to Senior Secondary School.

Speaking at the school during a celebration of its good performance in the Kenya Junior Secondary Assessment Education (KJSEA), he noted that they had prepared the students well. He urged them to work hard and excel in their education.

“We gave our students a good foundation and inculcated morals in them and expect them to maintain and perpetuate them,” Bagaka told the press during the celebration at the school.

The school noted that the Administrator attained a mean standard score of 793.2 out of 900 and a stage of 7.05, and attributed the performance to the efforts of students, teachers, and learners.

Area Chief Evans Ateka challenged parents not to subject the girl-child to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), saying it is outdated and retrogressive.

He said parents of the school have been sensitised to fight and curb the vice to protect the rights of the girl child.

“The school has provided a conducive environment for learning, and there is enough security,” Ateka said.

Chris Ushindi, a learner who scored 67 points, said the learners revised well and worked with their teachers, who guided them, and that the effort led to good performance.

“We work at night to revise and were focused. We will do the same in Senior Secondary School to excel,” Ushindi said.

Jusper Ogeto, a teacher, commended learners for their effort, noting they have set a pace for other students.

“The students performed well. I laid out the management and parents for motivating the learners,” Ogeto pointed out.

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In the new Competence-Based Education (CBE), a candidate who scores between 90 and 100 is ranked as Exceeding Expectation (EE1) and receives 8 points. In comparison, those who score between 75 and 89 per cent are awarded Exceeding Expectation (EE2) with 7 points.

In category two, students who score between 58 per cent and 74 per cent are ranked as Meeting Expectation (ME 1) and awarded 6 points, while those who score between 41 and 51 per cent are given 5 points and ranked as (ME 2).

Learners who score between 31 and 40 per cent are classified as Approaching Expectations (AE 1), and those who score 21 to 30 per cent are categorised as under (AE 2), with 4 points.

And students who score between 11 and 20 per cent are ranked as Below Expectation (BE 1) with 2 points, while those who score between 1 and 10 per cent are given 1 point.

The highest possible points are 8 and 9, and the areas are examined, which gives a maximum of 72 points, with the average achievement being 36 points.

By Emmanuel Gwakoi