Josphat Mwangi, the most improved KCSE student shares his secret recipe to success

 

When announcing this year’s KCSE results at the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC ) headquarters yesterday, Education Cabinet Secretary Amb. Amina Mohamed gave a special mention to some of the country’s best improved candidates.

The CS mentioned five students who had not performed well during their KCPE exam but now, four years later proved that failing in KCPE doesn’t mean that one will automatically fail KCSE.

“This year, we have gone a step further to conduct an analysis of how individual candidates have performed in the KCSE relative to their performance in KCPE four years ago,” said CS Amina.

 

Parents and students celebrate Josphat Mwangi of Mioro Mixed Secondary School after he emerged the most improved student in 2018 KCSE, December 21, 2018. /ALICE WAITHERA

 

One, Josphat Mwangi was named as the best improved candidate in the 2018 KCSE exam. Though he scored 278 marks in KCPE, he attained an A- (minus) of 79.4 points in KCSE at the little-known school in Mathioya constituency.

According to Josphat, relocating from his home to live near Mioro Secondary School in Mathioya, Murang’a County was the beginning of his brighter future. The candidate explained that moving closer to school gave him a chance to extend his study hours to past 9 pm as it saved the time he spent in walking to school, which was several kilometres away from his village.

His father Kamau Maina said they were granted the boy’s accommodation by a family friend after the school barred them from renting a room for Mwangi.

“I am very happy with my performance. My ambition is to be a lawyer so as to fight for the rights of the less fortunate,” said Josphat.

 

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Josphat’s performance has now put Mioro Secondary school which is located on the slopes of the Aberdare ranges in the limelight with the School Principal David Mbugua hailing the student as a top performer who was humble and hard working.

Mr. Mbugua said that the candidate led his class since form one and that the least grade the student attained was a B+ and rose the ranks to become one of the senior school captains.

 

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“Mwangi was the captain in charge of the laboratory and had no cases of indiscipline. He was also very humble despite outperforming all his classmates,” he said.

The Mioro Secondary School Principal said that the school had a mean of 4.102 last year.

“We topped all Day schools in Mathioya, Murang’a county. We also emerged fifth among all public schools in the subcounty,” the ecstatic teacher said.

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