KCSE 2018: Little Known Extra-County School Sends All 283 Candidates to University

A little know extra-county school has beaten all odds to send all of its 283 candidates in this year's Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam to university.

Orero High School in Homa Bay County registered an impressive mean score of 9.4134, just less than a point shy of its 10.283 target score.

All the 283 students who sat for the 2018 national exam at the institution has managed to secure a place to university.

Two leading students; Odumbe Luckywillis Mwabi and Okoth Ishmael Oketch scored A plain, followed by 36 students who got A-minuses.

83 candidates managed to get B plus, 121 others scored B plain, 38 students managed B minus while the last three scored C plus. 

Orero High School has beaten other academic powerhouses in Nyanza region including Maranda, Maseno, Kanga, Rapogi and Kisumu Girls, who have dominated the list of best KCSE performers in the region for decades.

The school's Principal Dicken Bula attributes the good results to discipline, handwork, and determination.

“Early syllabus coverage and hard work are some of the key efforts that enabled my school to get the good results,” says Bula.