Top Meru schools celebrate good grades
By KNA, January 10, 2024Top schools in Meru county posted good results with others making remarkable improvements from previous examinations, in the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations (KCSE) results announced on Monday, by Education Cabinet Secretary, Ezekiel Machogu.
St Mary’s Girls High School in Igoji is one of the schools that recorded good results that attracted celebrations from the members of the teaching and non-teaching staff.
The school’s principal, Florence Mutwiri, told journalists that the girls had made them proud with their improvement, having attained a mean score of 8.89, a positive index of 0.6 from the previous year, when they had a mean grade of 8.2.
They had three straight A’s, 53 A minus, 62 B plus, 79 B plain, 76 B minus, 40 C plus, 17 C plain and the last six students scored C minus.
“The results were very credible and clean, and we celebrate them for being very well-behaved during the exam season,” said Mutwiri.
She praised the current system of releasing the results, adding that it was much better than the SMS scheme, as they were getting the results faster.
Nkubu Boys High School, Meru School, and Igembe Boys were other schools that not only posted good results but also recorded remarkable percentages of students who will be transiting to university