by STEPHEN ASTARIKO
Wednesday January 10, 2024
Students of Ummu-Salama Girls Secondary School.It was among the best performing schools in North Eastern region.
Image: STEPHEN ASTARIKO
Little-known schools in Garissa have put up a surprisingly excellent performance in the just released Kenya Certificate of Secondary school results.
Gedi Secondary School in the expansive Dadaab refugee camp produced 32 students with B+, 103 got B (plain) while 111 of the students managed to secure B- (Minus).
The school also had 71 students with C+ (plus), 42C(plain), 10C-(minus) and 1D+(plus).
In the past, Garissa and the larger Northeastern region, schools have been performing dismally as a result of poor infrastructure, lack of enough teachers as well as harsh climatic conditions.
There has also been a mass exodus of teachers from the region with the government transferring hundreds of teachers to other parts of the country over insecurity.
Hulugho Girls Secondary School, a public school, also put up a starling performance in the national examinations producing 11 students with B+ (plus), the school is located in Hulugho town, 18km from the Kenya-Somalia border.
24 scored B(plain), 31B-(minus), 21 C+ (plus), 6 C-(minus) and 2 scored D+(plus).
Residents took to social media to congratulate the border school and students who performed well in the national examinations saying the region has potential despite numerous challenges.
“This is a well-deserved performance for Hulugho girls, the results show our girls can do even better if the government invests so much in education in the Northeastern Region,” said Abdirahman Mohamed in a tweet.
Because of the proximity to the border, the town has been faced with serious security challenges with security agencies and civilians attacked by al-Shabaab militants through Improvised Explosives devices.
Another little-known school, Horizon High School also put an excellent performance in the KCSE results with 10 of their students scoring 10B-(minus), 40C+(plus), 24C-(minus) and 2D+(plus).
Ummu- Salama girl's secondary school was among the top girl's schools in the region which performed well with half the class getting grades that would take them to university.