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Emmanuel Namunyu Memorial High School posts best KCSE results among private schools

Wesley Wanjala, Director.

By Tony Wafula

Emmanuel Namunyu Memorial High School in Kabuchai constituency Bungoma County that was started way back in 2013 is a centre of excellence for many focused students from the whole of Western region and beyond. The school whose motto is: Use God's Knowledge posted the best performance among private schools.

Speaking to Education News his office, Wesley Wanjala Namunyu, the director of the institution said that the school has a population of 250 students all enrolled as boarding students.

In 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) the school posted stellar results with a mean score of 5.63.

He said the school targets a higher mean in this year’s national exam.

“We have put strategies in place among them early syllabus coverage to ensure that we outshine other schools,” he said.

He said in 2019 the school was able to send 16 students directly to university, but due to the raging pandemic the number dropped to 14 in 2020. "Covid-19 affected the economy of our country as well as the education sector, we were aiming to take more students to universities," he said.

He said that the school has been doing well since it was opened by his late father Emmanuel Namunyu. It admits students with 250 marks and above. He, however, lauded the area MP for continuous support of needy families and

Clare Bitali, School Principal.

potential learners.

He affirmed that the school guided by strong faith and tenets of Church of Hope and Light Ministries. The church provides the school with spiritual nourishment.

“It has scheduled masses on Wednesdays in the evening and Sunday in morning. In the church students are guided on good morals and also encouraged to seek spiritual nourishment," he added.

He said has spacious dormitories to accommodate students, adding that the school has employed enough security guards who secure the place.

The institution is supplied with clean water and students with medical conditions are provided with special diets.

He urged parents to pay fees in time to give the management easier time in running the institution. He said that the school has enough teachers who ensure that students are utilizing their time well.

The school is supplied with a strong and fast network with digital computers that give computer teachers easy time in handling students and has enough books for the students.

On her part, the School Principal Clare Bitali affirmed that the school is determined to continuously post good results.

“For those who come from far the school provides them with free accommodation during admission day,”she added.

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Students during an English Lesson. Some of the classrooms.

Tuition block.

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Lwanda Secondary celebrates best KCSE results

By Shichangi Richard

Lwanda Secondary School students, teachers and parents burst into song in celebration after the release of this year Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education when the school realized that one of their own had attained the coveted A plain mean grade.

The little known Lwanda secondary in Kakamega East sub county surprised many academic heavyweights in the county by recording one A plain grade out of ten that were registered in the county.

The School Principal, Mr Ferdinand Mbiti was full of praise for the candidates and the teachers for work well done. “I thank the Almighty God for having enabled the school record its first A plain grade since inception of 8-4-4 system,” he said. He also commended Master Robinson Makenzia, the candidate who scored the grade for making the school proud.

The three streamed school with a student population of 655 had an entry of 127 candidates sitting the exams and posted a mean score of 4.74 with 16 students making it directly

School Principal, Mr Ferdinand Mbiti.

to university. It had 1 A plain 5 B minus and 9 C+ to become a centre of attraction that drew the attention of many people after it recorded an A plain grade. The School Principal said they are strategizing to work towards achieving their set target of 5.5 mean score this year while improving on their quality grades.

Mr Mbiti added that this year they are going to work tirelessly to see that they have cut down on the tail low grade so as to improve their mean score and compete with other notable schools in county

The head said he is optimistic that with the goodwill they are enjoying from the parents, political wing and the Ministry of Education they are destined to great this things and urged teachers to add more effort as proof that it was not by chance that they attained the desired grade. Mbiti further urged students to remain focussed on the studies and observe discipline so as to realize their academic dreams

The head hinted that with support from the board chair Elphas Munhambe, the sponsor Quakers and his deputy Jane Mulinde and DOS Mr Fredrick Olwenya whom he termed as very instrumental, the school will keep on churning out quality grades.

He attributed the success also to the localization of principal which, he said, gave the head opportunity to concentrate on the students’ academic affairs away from their rural home.

The head, however noted that the school has got its share of challenges, saying it has few TSC teachers, who are less by 8. The school also needs more classrooms and requires modern laboratories and a library of 200 capacity so as to keep the fire of academic excellence at the school burning. More computers are also

Principal Ferdinand Mbiti congratulates the best KCSE student, Robinson Makenzia.

needed.

The head further revealed that he managed to construct a 24 toilet door ablution facility for the boys. “I did the completion of the dinning hall and installation of CCTV cameras at the school and also bought 300 lockers and chairs for the students,” he added.

The head said that Lwanda secondary school although mixed and day institution will remain a force to reckon with in academic performance not only in Kakamega County, but also at the national level. The school is, however, planning to introduce boarding facility to improve the contact hours of teachers to students for effective learning. The school recorded the only A plain in the sub county.