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Shikunga school on mission to revive lost glory

Name Of the School: Shikunga Secondary School School Nickname: Shiks Ice Cool School Established in 1976 School Population: 450 KSCE Target: 8. 6 School Principal: Mr. Kefa Atsobwa Principal Nickname: Limoto School Cooling station: Bend over, its in-front of Block three Best Subjects: Georgraphy, Physics, Agriculture and History. Best games: Football and Volleyball. Best Teacher: Brian Ingoi who teaches History and Kiswahili. Best Teacher Nickname: Lolly bob Best Meals: Rice and Beans- Fed on Wednesday, Saturday and Monday. School Latest dance; Baganda dance Sister School: Musoli Girls Well dressed Teacher: Naomy Khayumbi Most Disciplined teacher: Mr. Felix Ihaji School bus nickname: Chopper Compiled By Benjamin Sakwa

Nairobi; Kenya: In the early 1990s when Shikunga Secondary School in Kakamega was started, academic giants bowed before it. Kakamega High, Musingu and Kamusinga would bring their students to exchange notes with the bright ones of Shikunga.

Today, a school symposium in the region will hardly feature Shikunga. Its performance has been dwindling and became worse in the last two years. While 34 of its students went to public universities and it had a mean score of 7.8 in 2012, the school went down last year to a mean score of 7.34.

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