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Kaptagat Girls aims high after 74 qualify for university

Florence Natembeya Chenane, Chief Principal.

By Leonard Angatia

Song and dance rent the air at our Lady of Glory Kaptagat Girls as the school community celebrated the good performance exhibited by 197 candidates who managed to produce a mean score of 6.18 in last year’s KCSE exams.

That was an improvement from 5.19 of 2019 with 74 candidates scoring C+ and a above and booking direct university entry slots.

Our Lady of Glory, Kaptagat Girls High school is one of the boarding schools located in Kaptarakwa location,Chepkorio division,Keiyo South sub- county in Elgeyo Marakwet county.

It is situated on 30 acres piece of land in Kaptagat forest, which also act as a scintillating and conducive environment sfor learning.

The school has maintained good performance in national examinations and was ranked among the best schools in the county in the 2020 KCSE examination.

The school has a vibrant Board of Management, 49 Teachers Service Commission teachers and 10 employed by the board who teach a a student population of 1053.

Being a Catholic sponsored school, it observes all the doctrines of the church by attending Wednesday and Sunday mass services which inculcates more discipline among the learners. Kaptagat Girls participate in many co- curriculum activities and has excelled in various disciplines up to the national level. Chief Principal Florence Natembeya Chenane revived the

drama club after joining the school and students have participated in competition to the regional level scooping various awards.

Given that co-curricular and academics gel together, it is no wonder that the school is performing well.

The School’s motto is “commitment to excellence” and so teachers work very hard and the entire staff put trust in God.

Natembeya said the students’ respect towards teachers is immeasurable and a lot of consultation is done between teachers and students.

“I have introduced a formidable academic team comprising of staff members, students and parents that does follow-ups in all academic programmes in school always,” shared Natembeya.

Teachers and students are also highly motivated by board members and the school administration.

The Principal added that being an extra county school, it is in the pipeline to be elevated to seven streams because of the growing population.

She urged Ministry of Education to increase the infrastructure grant to all schools in order to complete the stalled projects. “TSC is doing well depending on the mean budget given by Ministry but we expect them to hire more teachers,” reiterated Principal.

Deputy principal Mystery Mwandije said that the main secret at Kaptagat is trust in God, focus on academics and they expect massive improvement in years to come if all factors remain constant.

“ Students to work like there is no any other day,” said an encouraged Mwandije.