{"id":27426,"date":"2021-05-10T17:11:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=27426"},"modified":"2021-05-10T17:06:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:06:43","slug":"agoro-sare-village-school-that-produced-2nd-best-kcse-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/agoro-sare-village-school-that-produced-2nd-best-kcse-candidate","title":{"rendered":"Agoro Sare: Village School That Produced 2nd Best KCSE Candidate"},"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>In a country where the top ten slots are seen as a reserve of prestigious national schools such as Alliance, Mangu, and Starehe &#8211; 2020 KCSE results were a welcome break from tradition.<\/p>\n<p>The top student came from Muranga High School while the second-best student emerged from Agoro Sare High School &#8211; giving journalists a hard time to pronounce or even locate the upcountry school.<\/p>\n<p>With no prestige, fame or glory, Agoro Sare High School may not be considered a top tier school but the little-known school beat respected national schools to produce Kenya&#8217;s second-best students, Wasonga Allan Udoma, who scored 87.173 points.<\/p>\n<p>Agoro Sare High School is located in a small town called Oyugis in Rachuonyo Sub-County, Homa Bay County.<\/p>\n<p>The boys school was established in 1958, and has risen to the status of an extra-county school with a population of over 1,000 students.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Agoro Sare made its mark with over a quarter of the students posting results of B+ and above. 10 students had straight A\u2019s and 75 had A minus.<\/p>\n<p>The school principal attributed the success of the school to \u201cproper teamwork and coordination between teachers and students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since 2018, the school has attained and maintained an impressive mean score of at least eight points. Its consistency over the years has seen the schools gradual improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Former Nairobi Governor, Evans Kidero is an alumni for the school where he did his O levels before proceeding to Mangu High School for his A levels. The late veteran journalist Juma Aluoch is also an old boy at Agoro Sare.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet Secretary Education, Prof. George Magoha termed the school as a non-entity yet it produced top student.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The second one is from a non-entity called Agoro Sare which is somewhere, the mean 87.173, the name is Wesonga Allan Udoma&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted students whose KCSE performance improved despite failing in KCPE. Cheruyiot Dennis,190 KCPE got B-, Maluti Tom ,199 KCPE got B-,Kiptis Charity, 151 KCPE got C+.<\/p>\n<p>Standing by their motto \u201cLabour To Success\u201d,the school is changing the status quo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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