MOMBASA: Private secondary schools posted the best Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCPE) results in Coast region, with government schools also making an impressive showing.
The best schools, according to results received by The Standard indicated that Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al –Nahyan, Light Academy and Aga Khan High School from Mombasa posted the best results in terms of mean score and high grades.
Sheikh Khalifa School, which has a boys and a girls wing enrolled 150 students (77 boys and 73 girls). While 17 students scored plain A (14 for boys and 3 for girls), the lowest candidate scored C+. The school posted a mean score of 10.12 from 9.28 in 2013. School principal Suleiman Bwika attributed the sterling performance to hard work and dedication by all members of the school community.
Light Academy, situated in Nyali, Mombasa had a mean score of 9.96, an improvement from 9.62 in 2003. Out of 28 candidates, 11 scored A, including one A plain, 14 obtained B including 9 B+, 4 plain Bs and a B-, while only two students scored C and C+.
The best performing subject was Islamic Education where all pupils except one scored A, with Kiswahili posting the lowest results of 8.33. School principal Mustafa Genc attributed the performance to teamwork by teachers in the school and the school tradition of hard work among pupils.
The school which came first in the region last year came under fierce competition from Aga Khan Academy and Sheikh Khalifa Technical and Secondary School, which had also posted good results. English and Kiswahili languages posted 9.48 and 8.33 respectively while Maths had 10.67, Biology 10.87 and Chemistry 11.08. History and Geography registered the score of 9.50 and 11.22 respectively.
Source: The standard
MOMBASA: Private secondary schools posted the best Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCPE) results in Coast region, with government schools also making an impressive showing.
The best schools, according to results received by The Standard indicated that Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al –Nahyan, Light Academy and Aga Khan High School from Mombasa posted the best results in terms of mean score and high grades.
Sheikh Khalifa School, which has a boys and a girls wing enrolled 150 students (77 boys and 73 girls). While 17 students scored plain A (14 for boys and 3 for girls), the lowest candidate scored C+. The school posted a mean score of 10.12 from 9.28 in 2013. School principal Suleiman Bwika attributed the sterling performance to hard work and dedication by all members of the school community.
Light Academy, situated in Nyali, Mombasa had a mean score of 9.96, an improvement from 9.62 in 2003. Out of 28 candidates, 11 scored A, including one A plain, 14 obtained B including 9 B+, 4 plain Bs and a B-, while only two students scored C and C+.
The best performing subject was Islamic Education where all pupils except one scored A, with Kiswahili posting the lowest results of 8.33. School principal Mustafa Genc attributed the performance to teamwork by teachers in the school and the school tradition of hard work among pupils.
The school which came first in the region last year came under fierce competition from Aga Khan Academy and Sheikh Khalifa Technical and Secondary School, which had also posted good results. English and Kiswahili languages posted 9.48 and 8.33 respectively while Maths had 10.67, Biology 10.87 and Chemistry 11.08. History and Geography registered the score of 9.50 and 11.22 respectively.
Source: The standard
