Mwea, the top girl nationally sat her exams at Riara Group of Schools in Nairobi. Olive Mwea and Rawlings Odhiambo emerged the joint top pupils in this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results scoring 453 marks.
Mwea didn’t hide her joy as she said the results came as a shocker.“I didn’t expect to score 453 marks, I expected to score 433, when I got the results this afternoon it was unbelievable, I was really excited, ” said Mwea.
Mwea wants to become a pharmacist later in life.
Riara school principal Naomi Mbugua expressed her joy saying it was the institution’s first time to produce a top candidate nationally.“I’m so delighted that we have the first child, this is our first time, having done KCPE for the last 28 years, ” she said.
Mrs. Mbugua said Mwea was a hard working girl full of humility.“She is a very diligent girl very strong in languages, math and all subjects, her humility is amazing,” she added.
Her mother was also delighted, saying her daughter was self motivated.
“She worked hard, I’m really grateful she got what she deserved, she was self motivated, ” she said. “She seemed to have enjoyed her readings.”
According to Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed, 12,273 candidates scored 400 marks and above, an improvement from last year’s 9, 846 candidates.
Girls performed better than boys in English, Kiswahili and sign language while the boys did better in Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Religious Education.
Over 50 per cent of 2018 KCPE candidates managed to score 200 marks and above. While announcing the results at Star of the Sea Primary School in Mombasa, CS Amina said 1,052, 364 sat exams this year, compared to last year’s 993, 718. Of those, 527, 294 were boys and 525, 070 were girls.
Amina also said that Form One selection for secondary school placement will begin on Monday and that there will be no second selection.
However, the CS raised concern over how students spend their holidays saying “We are extremely worried by the number of students visiting social clubs during the holiday season. We challenge parents to take charge over their children.”
Do you think Olive will stick to pharmacy or she will change her mind long the way?