No school fees for top KCPE girl, says father by GEORGE OWITI Faith Mumo with her father Paul Mumo and mother at the latter s tailoring shop in Malaa shopping centre, Machakos on Sunday. Image: GEORGE OWITI
•Faith’s parents said they have no money to take their daughter to school since they relied on promises earlier made by individuals and cooperates
•He called on well-wishers to come to their rescue by helping them raise money for their daughter’s education to enable her to realize her career ambition.
Faith Kawee Mumo s dream of becoming a neurosurgeon remains in limbo after her parents expressed fear that she may fail to join Form One on August 2 for lack of school fees.
We didn’t favour public schools, says Education PS David Muchunguh The government has denied engaging in manipulation of KCPE results in favour of public primary schools, even as owners of private academies raised questions over the sudden dip in performance of their institutions. Private schools have for decades produced the bulk of top students in national exams, but public institutions turned the tables on them in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE). The Early Learning and Basic Education principal secretary, Dr Julius Jwan, in an interview yesterday, however, denied accusations that moderation of the results was done to favour public school candidates, dismissing the claims as a myth. “Why would we do it this time? What would we want to achieve? These are all Kenyan children and they did quite well. Let’s not do business and play politics with the future of young people,” he told the Nation, adding that standardisation cannot be
Faith Mumo celebrating on learning she had emerge top in the 2020 KCPE nationally. PHOTO | JOSEPH NDUNDA
The 14-year-old girl who topped the country in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams wants to be a neurosurgeon in future.
Faith Kawee Mumo, who scored 433 marks out of a possible 500, wants to go to Kenya High School then pursue the medical career thereafter.
Although her parents said they are not certain about her going to secondary, the minor is hopeful that she will join the top national school.
She said she has been moved by celebrated and ailing boxing champion Conjestina Achieng’s predicament and to offer help to people with similar condition.
Humility was my secret, top girl in 2020 KCPE wants to be neurosurgeon standardmedia.co.ke - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from standardmedia.co.ke Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Less pupils score above 400 in KCPE
Thursday April 15 2021
By HELLEN GITHAIGA
The number of candidates who scored 400 marks and above in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination dropped by 16.4 per cent for a second year in a row at a time the school calendar was interrupted by the long closure occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Of the 1,179,192 million pupils who sat for the national exams last month, 8,091 scored above 400, a drop from 9,673 in 2019.
“When the Covid-19 pandemic befell the country in March 2020, the education sector was one that got completely disoriented. The future of our 15 million basic education learners seemed thrown deep into turmoil,” Education Secretary George Magoha noted as he released the results on Thursday.