KCSE: Joy as little-known secondary school in Trans Nzoia sends all candidates to university

Little-known Segero Chesowos Adventist School in Trans Nzoia County has become the talk of town after the school managed to beat the stereotype associated with it and sent all its candidates to university.

Located deep in Kisawai Village in Trans Nzoia County, the day school obtained a mean score of 8.6, registering a C+ as the lowest grade in the just-released results.

The school principal has attributed the performance to group effort saying teachers worked closely with parents from the little-known village to produce the best mean score yet.

Jubilant songs broke the calm at Kisawai village in Saboti constituency as parents, teachers, students and villagers joined in celebrating their achievement.

“Our mean score is 8.62 with 9 students scoring B+. We have 27 Bs, 18 B-, we have eight C+s, and that is our last grade,” Eric Ondenge, the school principal, said.

Gloria Cherotich, the top student, stated: “We thank our teachers for the support and the main reason for us passing this examination is because our teachers were attending the evening class as well as the morning class.”

Granton Wekesa, who also sat his KCSE exams at Segero Chesowos, made his family proud by attaining university entry marks and experiencing a renewal of sorts. He says his spirit had waned after he scored 244 marks in KCPE.

“Sikuqualify kuenda shule kubwa sasa ndio nikaitwa huko nikaenda huko lakini bado nilikuwa na matumaini ya kuenda chuo kikuu,” Wekesa noted.

Despite the hardships in the area, all 62 students who sat their KCSE exams at Segero Chesowos Adventist School will proceed to university, a fete the school principal said was largely contributed to by developing a cordial relationship with parents and other stakeholders

“Hapa tuko kwa kijiji na kipato cha wazazi wengi hapa is not that high so we have given room for parents who can pay fees in material form, for example, there are farmers that are here,” Principal Ondenge said.

Even as they bask in their glory, the community of the Segero Chesowos Adventist school is aiming at a higher mean score in this year's national exams and hoping to soar from that point.