2 out of 3 students in Kenya have no chance of joining College/University
Many district schools have never sent a student to university
Published on Jan 12 2010 by Wachira Kigotho
Forget about the 241,121 pupils whose hopes of further education were shattered for not getting enough marks to enable them gain admission to secondary schools and think of the 485,933 who are now celebrating together with their parents for a job [...]
1 in 3 Primary School graduates will not attend High School in Kenya this year
Quarter-million students to miss Form One places
Published on Friday January 8th 2010
By Sam Otieno
Almost a quarter-million students who sat last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations will not join secondary school this year.
Specifically, a total of 241,121 pupils out of the 727,054 candidates who sat the examinations will miss Form One places in [...]
Forsaking all of education…..a story from a Kenyan school
Published on 23/12/2009
By Harold Ayodo
If it were not for the intervention of her head teacher, Evelyne Nekapi, 12, would be married.
Having resigned herself to the inevitable, the Standard Three pupil was going through the motions at a dowry ceremony at her soon to be marital home when her head teacher came to her rescue.
Nekapi, 12 [...]
Virgin Airlines builds a school in Kenya
Mark of Virgin Atlantic mogul in a Maasai school
By Maina Muiruri
From the gate of the primary school, one can see a herd of wildebeests grazing close to the Sekenani gate of the Masai Mara game reserve. Braying zebras sometimes interrupt voices of children playing in the fenced school field.
Sekenani Primary School, built at the last [...]
It’s all systems go for 336,000 candidates
By Standard Team Published on 21/10/2009
It is all systems go for the more than 336,600 students who start KCSE exams on Wednesday.
This morning, the candidates will sit English paper 1 followed by English paper two after a 30-minute break.
Most papers will end at 1pm to give candidates time to revise.
Only four papers – English paper [...]
