KCSE 2024: Lugulu Girls scores 9.34 after withheld results released
The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) has finally released the results of Lugulu Girls High School 2024 candidates that had been withheld.
There was song and dance at the Bungoma-based school on Saturday morning after the release of the results of all its 676 candidates.
The provisional results showed 672 candidates out of the total 676 scored a mean grade of C+ plus and above, attaining direct entry to university.
From the results posted by the school principal Dinah Cheruiyot, 13 students scored grade A (Plain), 93 had A- (minus), 191 scored B+ (plus), 232 B (plain), 118 B- (minus), 25 C+ (plus), one C (plain), one C- (minus) and two D+ (plus).
The school posted a mean of 9.3417 up from the 9.3306 the previous year.
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This means that direct university entry grades, those above C+, was 672 out of the 676 candidates.
Ms Cheruiyot said the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) had withheld the school results as it investigated if there were any irregularities.
She said the school attracts high-performing students from primary schools across the country and that is how it is able to maintain its sterling performance.
“We had waited for these results for a very long time. Today we thank God that we have got the results because the thought of our girls missing their results had given us a lot of sleepless nights,” said Ms Cheruiyot.
Western region director of education Jared Obiero confirmed that the results had been released by Knec and only four students failed to qualify to the university.
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He said the delay was because the results “were being verified’.
“We thank God that at long last the results for Lugulu girls are out after undergoing verification. Even though it had caused stress and tension among the candidates, teachers, parents and even the entire Lugulu community, the outcome is so good. The results are very impressive because almost all of the students are transiting to the university,” Mr Obiero said.
He urged the teachers at Lugulu not to be discouraged by the withholding of the results but to put in more effort and work towards achieving much better results in the future.
Knec announced that it had released all the withheld 2024 KCSE results to the various affected schools ending the heightened tension and anxiety that had rocked the learners, parents and teachers.
Politics and fake news had dominated the withheld examination results of the school amid anxiety from the candidates and their parents.
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Politicians from Bungoma county had taken the issue of the withheld results to funerals and political meetings.
Governor Kenneth Lusaka and Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa are some of the politicians who talked of the withheld results.
Mr Barasa, on January 11, 2025 clarified that the school’s 2024 examination results were not cancelled but were being withheld for further verification.
He claimed to have talked with Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba over the issue and was informed him that the school over-performed in the national exams forcing Knec to conduct a fresh scrutiny of the results.
“I am doing a follow-up on the progress of the scrutiny so that the students who sat their KCSE from Lugulu girls high school can access their results,” Mr Barasa said.
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Mr Barasa’s sentiments followed a statement from Governor Lusaka who criticised some former teachers from Lugulu Girls for allegedly contributing to the examinations results’ stalemate.
Mr Lusaka claimed teachers who had exited from Lugulu through transfers were fighting back and had written dubious letters to Knec about the school contributing to the stalemate surrounding its exam results.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba released the 2024 KCSE results on January 9, 2025, but some candidates had their results withheld.
At least2,899 candidates were left in limbo as their exam outcomes were withheld pending further investigations, that was expected to conclude within a period of 30 days from January 9, 2025. Another 840 results were cancelled by the Knec due to verified cheating cases.
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