School teachers, parents, and pupils in a meeting to forge a way forward in tackling poor performance. [Central Sakwa Ward on twitter]
Poverty and poor infrastructure have led to an unprecedent poor performance of 27 class eight candidates at Nyasoko Primary School in Migori County. According to the headteacher of the school, Rodgers Ngwala, most of the pupils learn in decrepit classrooms with no roofs and desks.
It was doom and gloom at Nyasoko Primary school in Migori at a time when pupils, teachers, and parents all over the country sang songs of joy after the 2017 release of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCSE) results.
At Nyasoko, only one student went to the school to get his results. He had scored less than 200 marks while the top performer got 313 out of 500.
According to the headteacher of the school, Rodgers Ngwala, poverty and poor infrastructure were the major headwinds that hindered a better performance at his school.
“Girls drop out school when they approach senior classes because they are married off and some are taken as laborers in the gold Mines of Nyatike and Mikei which is a few kilometers away from our school. This is because of the high poverty level in the village which has also affected the boy child,” said Ngwala.
Ngwala said that efforts to get funds from the Constituency development kitty for the past four months have not been successful.
The school which is situated in the remote part of Migori county, within Wasimbete village enrolled 27 candidates for this year’s KCPE examination. But on the examination day, two girls never turned up due to an alleged early marriage.