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New School Year

By Andrew MacMillan On March 21, 2012 · 1 Comment

The school year has got off to a good start, with a full enrolment of 150 students in Form 1. This was helped by adding 20 half bursaries to the 40 full bursaries that we had originally planned to finance with donor funds this year.

The bursary programme has demonstrated its worth, as 6 of the 10 students whose Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results in 2011 earned them free entry into universities were bursary holders. It is extraordinary to think that, if the secondary school had not been built and they had not been awarded bursaries, none of these would have ever had a chance of attending university.

The overall KCSE picture for 2011 is most encouraging, with 93 students sitting the exam (94 in 2010). It ranked 10th out of the 25 secondary schools in the District (15th in 2010), coming ahead of 4 “provincial” schools (1 in 2010). Average marks rose from 5152 to 5739. There remains a large gap still between Got Matar and the very top schools, but, considering that this is only the second year in which pupils are taking the KCSE, progress [...]

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How To End Hunger

New Book Launch

By Andrew MacMillan On October 15, 2011 · Add Comment

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