Nyanza marvels at surprise results as public schools improve
Published on 03/01/2009
By John Oywa and Kenan Miruka
Though they only produced five candidates in the top 100, Nyanza schools are upbeat about their performance in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination.
Education officials and teachers are excited over what they termed as ‘surprising’ performance.
However, there was also a see-saw battle between private and public schools. Green Hills Academy, a private school in Kisii Central, produced the region’s best candidate, Adino Barry Magenya, who scored 446 marks.
Private schools performed better in general, but in Kisumu Municipality, public schools made remarkable improvement, says education officer George Omondi.
He said 138 candidates scored above 400 marks, up from 58 in 2007.
One of the public schools that outshone the private ones is Arina Primary, where 16 candidates scored above 400 marks, compared to six in 2007. At Arya Primary, 15 candidates posted more than 400 marks.
Other public schools that performed well in Kisumu included Victoria, Xaverian and Ogango primary schools.
Top private schools that did better included Josana and Golden Elite. Josana produced the only candidate from the Municipality in Nyanza’s top ten, while Golden Elite was the best overall in the municipality.
In Gucha South District, private schools stole the thunder from public ones. The District Education Officer, Mr Elisha Omalla, cited laxity and understaffing as the main reasons for poor performance by the public schools.
“Private schools are well established and have better facilities and this gives them advantage over public schools,” he said.
However, Tabaka Girls’ Boarding Primary, a public school, emerged the best school in the district with a mean score of 340. But more private institutions posted better results.
Omalla cited Pace and Tabaka academies as the outstanding private schools.
In Gucha District, public schools beat private ones.
Charles Onchangwa, a quality assurance and standards officer, who released the results on behalf of area DEO Risper Owino noted that public schools had improved performance.
Kenya Primary School Heads Association Gucha branch chairman Mishael Nyarango lauded public school heads for the good results, despite reported irregularities in two schools.
Notable private schools missing at the top included Elsa Academy in Ogembo, Echabumbe and Kenyenya academies.
Nyanza Provincial Education Officer Geoffrey Cherongis pledged to hold meetings and chart the way forward to reclaiming the region’s lost glory in academics.
Like other provinces, Nyanza was affected by examination irregularities. More than 200 candidates from 19 centres had their results cancelled.
Generally, the province had 113,326 candidates, with 50,173 of them being girls. None of the candidates made it to the national best ten but the province produced five in the top 100 candidates, two of them girls.
There were four girls in the province’s top ten candidates. The province’s best female candidate, Diana Achieng’ Otieno of St Teresa Primary School in Siaya, got 444 marks out of a possible 500.
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From: Paul Nyandoto
Sent: Sunday, 28 December, 2008 18:36:32
Subject: What amazing tribe we LUOS are?
Luos,
We are one of the best tribes now in this planet, believe me or not. 50% of our genes will be ruling the richest and the most powerful country on earth today, but what do we luos have?.
We are the only tribe which seems to know almost everything which needs to be done to uplift our sufferings, but when it comes to actions we are the last. Our Province nyanza is growing backwards but we are more concerned about what should be done in the Kenyan parliament than what should be done in Nyanza.
We are the ones crying mouth wide open for democracy in Kenya while we the luos are hardly expressing democracy in Nyanza. Look at any nyanza election, whether pre-candidate nominations, etc whatever you call it. We have the worst record. Can somebody tell us who won the preliminary ODM election in 2007 in Ugenya, which James Orengo now represents?. We know very well that Orengo did no win it, so who won?. And how did Orengo got the post?.
We were the first tribe in Kenyan history to produce a woman member of parliament, but now with all the democracy we do claim we have today or try to bring to Kenyans, how many women members of parliament do we have today?, ZERO, look at even how many rift valley have, What a shame ?. Do you want to tell us that luos do not have educated daughters, sisters, or mothers, why are we letting 50% of our forces down or unused?. We have a lot of empty MEN debes telling people to vote for so and so, you can even be beaten if you ask why at the same time we cry loud for democracy in Kenya.
Now we want a party, is it the main agenda? or is it the most important thing today to be done?. Just as somebody said always remember to do the essential first then the less important later.
Or I forgot, it seems that all our leaders have crossed to the Kikuyu`s side and are now serving Mungiki instead of luo youths who are still lingering in prisons or jobless, by the way who voted for those leaders who have now crossed over to Nyeri?. Are we not the luos who did it, and we have been doing it since 1963. In 1963 Oginga was given leadership by the British, but what did this great luo leader did?. Told the British he does not want to lead, but he would prefer Kenyatta to do it, then some years later he started telling luos that Kenyatta is leading very badly so let us revolt and stay poor for 45 years.
I hear we need to frame the constitution on Bomas draft, is it true, it looks a great idea, but the Bomas draft have nothing much better other than the Majimbo and to the diaspora the dual citizenship, otherwise it can be still be manupulated just as they are doing the present constitution, where Mps do not pay tax. But the Draft have also it suprises: The most first suprise that will affect the luo extremist and the Odingaism or Railaism in luoland is this. The Draft states very well that a president should not be above 65 years of age. So Raila is automatically out of the presidential race in 2012. Kenyans have never been clever enough, because any draft or constitution being suggested are made sometimes for individuals or to exclude some individuals, non have been made when considering what our beloved country Kenya needs (the Bomas was against Moi). Guys : can we see why Kenya is not moving forward?. Look at even fuel today the country lacks fuel at a time when a barrel of oil cost only 40 dollars, while at the time when the barrel was costing 150 dollars there was fuel, what a paradoxical life we do enjoy in Kenya ?. Some empty debes will try to convince you that because of christmas people travel alot and therefore more cars then no fuel, rubbish, what about lack of ugali?. Whether you travel or not you need almost the same capacity of ugali, but why is it not available?. In 2001 he Kibaki and Raila told Moi that he was stupid, because lack of food was linked to rain, a natural phenominal. Moi said it did not rain so poor harvest equals no food. Raila went a head to ask Moi to tell Kenyans why there was food in Egypt, where it hardly rains while in Kenya there was not enough food. Ladies and gents why is there not enough food when Raila and Kibaki are all ruling?. How quick do we forget?. In Nyanza still no food, but in nyeri they have enough and infact throw some to the dustbines, so, so what?.
Our country is hijacked and lead by people who are politically incapable of bringing development, these people think that development means taking all the tax payers money and banking abroad or stealing as much as they can, corruption is the order of the day. Or to them development simply means, bringing german cars, japanese motorbikes, filling your shops with foreign goods etc, making good lights on the street etc. Infact some of these leaders do not even know how a simple mobile phone works, how a television gets images etc. While they occupy high positions in the governement and still claims that they are capable of bringing development, what a peace of CRAP.
Guys ; form any party you want but define its goals first and how it differs with the ones we do have today, and how that party is going to help luo nyanza have food on the table. May God bless you and please take luos out of this Odingaism loan, we have been paying for 45 years.
Paul Nyandoto.
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Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 13:16:10 -0800 [03:16:10 PM CST]
From: Bob Awuor
Subject: NOW LOOK AT WHAT NYANZA IS CELEBRATING?! Re: What amazing tribe we LUOS are?