By John Oroni
Public schools stole the limelight in the 2021 KCPE in Trans Nzoia County with Kitale School producing the best candidate in the region.
Kitale school is a high cost public school with more than 2,000 pupils from across the country.
Kenrick Silingi scored 424 marks and wishes to join Alliance High School. He attributed his performance to team work and dedication by the teaching staff in addition to the support of parents.
“I never knew I would be the best candidate in Trans Nzoia but this has been possible through the blessings of the almighty God and support from my teachers and parents,” Silingi spoke in an interview at the school.
School head Emel Sitienei attributed the good results to team work between parents, teachers and the candidates.
At Lamplighter School, Marion Jepchumba Koech scored 413 marks to emerge top in a class of 66 learners who posted an impressive mean score of 362.7.
“I am grateful to the school and my parents for the support during our days at school despite the situation brought about by the pandemic. I would like to join the Alliance Girls’ High School,” said Jepchumba.
The schools head Tarus Isaac and director Joseph Keter said the class was cooperative during the preparation for the examination and thanked his teaching staff and the parents for their reciprocal cooperation.
Second position was taken by Johnson Atancha Keanche who scooped 409 marks while Mercy Njeri came third with 408, tying with Keith Wanjala.
At St. Ursulas Primary School, Micheal Joseph scored 419 marks to become the best candidate followed by Simiyu Frankline Wabuge with 415 marks. Chimoyi Grace scored 410 marks while Boraya Euzebius Momanyi scored 409 marks.
“We thank the management of the school for the support and the learners for adhering to the school programme. Teachers were so committed despite the Covid 19 challenges,” said Sister Catherine Kioko, the school head.
At Jack and Jill School, Scarlet Anyango scored 416 marks to emerge the best candidate with her dream school being the Kenya High school where she would like to nurture her dream of becoming a lawyer.
“We thank the fraternity of this school for the dedication and teamwork that saw us post a good performance in the national examination. We wish the class all the best,” said the school director Nelson Atudo.
At the same time, the school head of Line Member School Nathan Sifuna said the school posted good results that saw their mean score improve from last year’s results.
“The highest pupil Joshua Kamau scored 409 marks with a mean score of 366 marks. The second best performer was Ivanna Amwai with 401marks,” said Sifuna.
Meanwhile The Kaitale Family House of Hope Academy, which is home to disadvantaged girls in Trans Nzoia, recorded great performance in the 2021 KCPE examination.
Twenty three out of 30 candidates scored 300 marks and above. The top student scored 377 marks, while the last got 251 with the school registering a mean score of 322 marks.
Apart from being a private day and boarding school, the school also supports orphans and vulnerable children.
