A tragic fire at Utumishi Girls Academy near Nakuru saw 16 students lose their lives. So what’s going on in Kenya’s schools? One of many Our preference has long been to provide scholarships to boarding secondary schools rather than provide day school places. ...
For some years now, schools in Kenya were mandated to charge either 53,554 Kenyan Shillings (around £315) for higher level national or county schools, or 40,535 Ksh (almost £240) for other schools. This made life easy for us and the children’s sponsors as we knew at...
At the end of four years at secondary school, children sit for their final exams in a minimum of seven (and a maximum of nine) subjects. These include two mandatory subjects (Mathematics and a language) and the students are given one overall grade. A C+ grade is the...
After scoring three hundred and eighty-six marks in my Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, I earned admission to one of the most prestigious national schools—S.A. Kolanya Girls High School. Overwhelmed with excitement, I felt my dream of becoming a medical...
One by one, like toy soldiers, we were guided out of the chemistry laboratory. The scent of ammonia stabbed our nostrils to our brains. Our hands were still tingling with the ghosts of the experiments done when the assembly bell tore through the nightmare the...
Our recent experience with two secondary schools in Kenya shows the different attitudes and approaches to education. It was illuminating – one heartening, one rather dispiriting. Heartening Our latest trip to visit schools in Kenya took us to Elgeyo-Marakwet county...
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