{"id":25965,"date":"2021-04-15T18:53:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T18:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=25965"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:05:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T17:05:38","slug":"faith-mumo-top-2020-kcpe-candidate-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/faith-mumo-top-2020-kcpe-candidate-speaks","title":{"rendered":"Faith Mumo: Top 2020 KCPE Candidate Speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Faith Mumo, the candidate who emerged top in the 2020 KCPE scoring 433 marks has attributed her outstanding performance to her trust in God, hard work and persistence.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on a phone interview on Thursday, April 15, Mumo noted that she did not give up revising even when she was home during the Covid-19 break.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very excited and I must say that I did not expect that something like this would happen. I have been revising and my father has been encouraging me to get 460 marks and above,&#8221; Mumo stated.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate&#8217;s dream school is Kenya High after which she hopes to study medicine in university and become a neurosurgeon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of people are having head damages and it is very hard to see that,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>She encouraged candidates who did not attain good grades not to give up and asked them to always focus on the positive effects rather than the negative.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t think that because you did not perform well, you will not amount to something in future. Keep praying to God that He will offload that burden,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Paul Mumo, the candidate&#8217;s father, acknowledged that she was a hardworking student who followed a strict timetable that helped her revise and do other home chores.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were expecting her to get 450 marks and above but that does not matter because when we saw that she had scored 433 marks, we knew that the exam was a bit difficult,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mumo was followed by Wesonga Nanzala and Muriithii Angel Gakenia who tied with 432 marks.<\/p>\n<p>In his briefing, Education CS George Magoha stated that the Form One selection exercise for all categories of schools will take place from May 28, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that 2021 KCPE and KCSE examinations would be administered early next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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