Joyce Murisha (left) and Rose Koech Kimutai from Sing'ore Girls' High School in Iten, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, are being congratulated for their excellence in the KCSE exam on December 20, 2017. [Photo: Daily Nation]
Sing’ore Girls’ High School, which topped the 2017 KCSE in the country, did not produce any straight A.The school in Elgeyo-Marakwet beat more established national schools to emerge tops with the best performance index of 69.9.The extra-county school, a category below the national ones, had an entry of 271 candidates and posted 15 A-, 165 B+, 83 B and 8 B- giving it an edge over others countrywide.The school beat the country's academic giants including Light Academy (69.1), Alliance Girls (68.7), Kenya High and Loreto High schools.Joyce Murisha, who scored an A-, said she did not expect her school to emerge top in the country.“The teachers and parents accorded us the required support as we prepared for our exams,” she said on Thursday.Principal Rose Koech said she was surprised for the top position in the country, but was not surprised with the former students sterling grades.“The girls lived up to our motto: Unique sacrifice, unique results. They upheld discipline, hard work and trust in God led to achieve these results,” Koech was on Thursday quoted by the Star as saying.Despite not having an A, all the students that sat the exam will be admitted to public universities as they all passed the C+ cut-off.