Little-Known Garissa Schools Shine In 2023 KCSE
Little-known Garissa schools have put up a surprisingly excellent performance in the just released Kenya Certificate of Secondary school results.
Below is the excellent performance of Little-Known Garissa schools in KCSE 2023.
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 North eastern region, schools have been performing dismally as a result of poor infrastructure, inadequate 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.
Little-Known Garissa Schools Shine In 2023 KCSE
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.
Schools in Garissa are situated near to the borner and over years they have been faced with serious security challenges with security agencies and civilians attacked by al-Shabaab militants through Improvised Explosives devices.
Little-Known Garissa Schools Shine In 2023 KCSE
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).
Lastly, 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.
