While the cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) gas continues to break the roof, many learning institutions are cracking their heads on how to manage rising bills but Karima Girls, a national school based in Nyandarua county, is unbothered.
For them, the business of procuring cooking gas and firewood from suppliers is a thing of the past as their fuel is sourced from within.
The school is one of the few in the country that runs on green energy tapped from its large toilet facility.
The humongous 108-door ablution block that serves 1,985 students is attached to recycling plant that produces clean gas that they use to prepare meals for the large student population.
“The toilet is a milestone for us because it produces gas which is used in our kitchen. We welcome other schools to come and benchmark with us and get to know how to do it,” said Chief Principal Grace Kinyua.
The institution has also invested heavily in infrastructure to ensure their students have a conducive learning environment.
The school has eight well-equipped science laboratories, classrooms and dormitories but the rapid increase in population has forced them to initiate construction of extra infrastructure.
“We are currently constructing a tuition block, dining and school hall, which is all in storey form owing to shortage of space,” said the Principal.
The amphitheatre under construction can host over 2,000 people meaning various functions including the institution’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) can be hosted efficiently.
The ACK-sponsored school also has e-libraries well equipped with computers to enable students acquire ICT skills before they leave school.
It also has a vegetable farm, poultry and rabbit units to supplement their food requirements. In addition to running a bakery that adequately provides for students, teachers and support staff.
The respected school has maintained its dominance in national examinations after 312 of the 350 candidates in 2022 KCSE qualified to join university with the leading student scoring a straight A.
The school offers a wide curriculum to accommodate the diverse needs of its students with 15 subjects on the table among them French, German, Chinese, Home Science, Computer and Business studies.
However, the school has its own challenges, the main one being lack of access roads and appealed for urgent intervention from state actors considering its status as a national school.
“Our main challenge is transport connectivity as we do not have a road that leads to our school,” she pleaded.
By Peter Otuoro
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