Ganze Sub-county in Kilifi County has been put on the spot after it emerged that the constituency recorded poor results in the 2018 KCSE examinations.
A local daily, The Standard, established that there were no grades A or A- across the constituency but there were 383 Ds, 283 D-, 201 D+, 123C, 58C, 32C+, 19B-, 4B, 3B+ and 28Es out of the total 1,135 candidates who sat for the examination.
The constituency has 19 public secondary schools.
Ganze Girls Secondary School which had 125 candidates, produced 3B- grades.
Sokoke Secondary School which registered 120 candidates, had 2B+ and 5B- grades while Godoma Secondary School produced 1B+, 3B and 6B- out of 110 candidates.
Four schools, Midoina, Magogoni, Petanguo and Shaka recorded the poorest performance which left them ranked as the last four in the constituency.
Midoina registered 17 candidates and recorded 1D+, 2D, 12D- and 2Es; Magogoni had 3D+, 12D, 16D- and 1E from a total of 36 candidates; Pentanguo produced 3D+, 12D, 19D- and 7Es from a total of 41 candidates while Shaka secondary school registered 41candidates and got 5D+, 21D, 13D- and 2E.
Commenting on the matter, Ganze MP Teddy Mwambire said lack of facilities in secondary schools across the sub-county was the reason behind such wanting performance.
Most schools, the MP said do not have libraries and laboratories where students can be equipped properly.
“I have been complaining that our secondary schools have no laboratories, libraries and those important facilities that will provide a good learning environment for our students. This is why our schools will always record poor results," said the lawmaker.
"Some of these schools do not have classrooms. We will engage both parents and stakeholders on the need to invest in education," he added.
In Bamba, Mitangani Secondary School recorded appealing results for the first time in three years.
The school registered 117 candidates with 1B- and an improvement mean score of 3.2.
The school which first registered candidates in 2016, produced its first university student who scored a C+ in 2016 while in 2017, the highest student had a C-.
Principal Francis Ouma attributed poor performance to poor grades during admissions.
“Our Form One intake is low and it affects us. We are starting with 190 marks to 280 marks but we are are getting students with 220 marks," he said, adding that the administration struggles to take care of those who did not perform well.
"If we can have entry marks of 300 then we can perform better,” Ouma said.