Chavakali shocks big names on way to joining KCSE top 10 club
Western
By
Sophiah Muthoni
| Mar 04, 2014
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| Chavakali Boys High School teachers, parents and students celebrate at the institution Monday after receiving news of their top performance in last year’s KCSE exam. [Photo: Benjamin Sakwa/Standard] |
By Sophiah Muthoni
Vihiga, Kenya: Kapsabet Boys, Maseno School, Molo Academy and Chavakali High School stormed into the top 10 chart in the 2013 KCSE exam.
Chavakali High School, which was ranked eighth with a mean grade of A minus made a great leap as it was not even one of the top 100 schools nationally in the 2012 KCSE.
Alliance High School climbed to the top of the summit in the KCSE results released Monday.
This was an improvement for the school was second in 2012.
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Moi High School Kabarak, which held the first position countrywide in 2012, dropped to second with a mean grade of A minus.
Kapsabet Boys was ranked fourth. In 2012, the school was position 13.
Maseno School, which was 14th nationally in 2012, jumped to fifth. Molo Academy improved from position 11 in 2012 to sixth in 2013.
But Chavakali High School at position eight was the biggest shocker in this year’s KCSE. The school made a great leap since it was not even ranked among the top 100 schools nationally in 2012.
Retain position
Mary Hill Girls High School also found its way back to the top ten at number nine. It held position 15 in 2012. Though Kenya High School was able to retain a spot in the top 10, the school dropped from fifth in 2012 to tenth.
Some of the schools kicked out of the top 10 last year include Mary Mother of Grace Secondary School, which was third in 2012, Maranda High School (seventh), Loreto High School Limuru (eighth), and Moi Girls High School Eldoret (ninth).
Some of the academic giants that have been missing in action over the last two years include Starehe Boys Centre.
Strong performance
The school that once topped the national results for several years has not been on the top ten list for the last two years.
In 2012 Starehe Boys held position 12. It was ranked 17th Monday. Molo Academy from Nakuru County was ranked sixth with 77 points.
Private institutions have also perfomed well thus denying these national schools a chance to shine. Schools like Anestar Boys High School in Lanet and Mary Mother of Grace Secondary School in Laikipia County have emerged very strong in performance.