St. Maurice Mwira Secondary School in the Matungu Sub-county of Kakamega County led the Sub County in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education by producing the majority of university entries, where more than 131 students out of 393 managed the minimum grade of C plus and above.
Speaking to Education News in his office, the school’s Deputy Principal Academics, Janerose Ingutia, noted that the school was ranked the best in the Sub County in the quality grades category in the last year’s exam, saying that 131 candidates made it to university, which was the highest in the Sub-county. She revealed that they also managed to clock a mean of 5.88, which translated to a C plain. She observed that the school has laid down an ambitious academic programme that will ensure that they not only improve in their quality grades but also lead in the mean score in the Sub County.
Ingutia said that last year they managed a 33% transition from the entry of 393, while this year they have set a new target of 71, which all stakeholders have agreed to work hard to realize by the end of the year. She reiterated that they aim to improve their quality grades to more than 150, which will push their transition rate to 40% from the current entry of 350 candidates.
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Ingutia further said that they are almost done with the syllabus and candidates will be engaged in various academic activities that will polish them for the exam. She noted that they have a series of events where candidates will be taken through joint exams, academic contests, and thorough revision and testing, among others, to wholesomely prepare them for the exam.
Speaking separately, the school Principal, Leonard Avungwi, said that their aim is to compete at the county level in the national exam, noting that Mwira High is a county school and they are going to improve their performance to the highest level.
He said that the school is popularly known for sports, having dominated in leg ball and other activities in the county and beyond.
Avungwi noted that they have carried home the governor’s trophy in the county several times, and they are set to go places this year.
He observed that the school with more than 1500 students, sponsored by the Catholic Church, has remained steadfast in churning out learners who are well groomed morally and academically competitive in various institutions of high learning.
Avungwi , however, said that the school has got its share of challenges, revealing that they lack enough labs, a modern library, and enough teachers, and fee payment is also a challenge. He, however, lauded the effort of his BOM official led by Chair Edwin Kweyu and PA Obiero for tirelessly steering the school forward.
By Richard Shichangi
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