Education
Parents in Murang’a have been urged to embrace day secondary schools and support their children in order to improve performance.
Murang’a East Sub-County Director of Education (SCDE), Samuel Ruitha, speaking during a prize giving ceremony at Vidhu Ramji academy secondary school underscored the role played by day secondary schools saying the schools give all children access to affordable education.
“Parents should embrace day secondary schools because they give all children access to affordable education.”. The students in day secondary schools need support from their parents so that they can compete with their counterparts in boarding schools.” he added.
Ruitha further asked all stakeholders in education to support local schools and noted that day secondary schools have the potential to transform the community as the students are mainly from within that community.
“In Murang’a east over 80 percent of the secondary schools are day schools. Having 21 students from a day school qualify for direct university admission is an achievement that should be celebrated by everybody who has contributed to the success.” he observed.
He noted that the government has invested in day schools across the country through NG-CDF and Transitional Infrastructure Grants in order to ensure all children have access to secondary school education. The principal of Vidhu Ramji Academy Secondary School, Joseph Ngaruiya on his part, said the day school celebrates the 21 students who scored university entry grades.
“The school improved in academic performance and managed to take 21 out of 93 students to university and that is a big milestone” Ngaruiya said, noting that the school was also excelling in co-curricular activities. He urged the government to employ more teachers so that the quality of education can improve further.
Esther Gicera, one of the students who excelled, narrated how she endured walking a total of 14 kilometers every day to and from school and challenged other students in day schools to do their best irrespective of the challenges they may be facing.
Another top performer, Joseph Wacira who scored a B Minus (B-) narrated how he had scored a grade C plain in the 2021 KCSE exam, worked for a year as a bodaboda rider before going back to school and scoring a better grade in the 2023 KCSE.
The top students urged all young Kenyans to take education seriously and utilize all the resources and opportunities available in order to realize their dreams irrespective of the school they are in.