Ann Nyanchama is a pleased mother after her daughter placed first in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations in 2022.
Faith Kemunto of Excel Academy in Kisii County received 408 points, with her mother, who works in a Gulf country, feeling satisfaction in her daughter’s outstanding accomplishment.
Nyanchama was upbeat about her daughter’s academic prospects, anticipating a great future for her.
She also told Nation.Africa about her goal to providing her children with the greatest education possible.
“My daughter has really made me proud, I even don’t know what to say because she has clearly shown that the future is bright,” Nyanchama is quoted by Nation as having said.
On her part, Kemunto said she had focused more on the subjects she had challenges in.
“I would wake up very early in the morning and take most of my time studying the subjects that I had difficulties in,” she said.
Nyanchma’s story complements that of Mary Muturi whose daughter scored 425 marks in the examination.
Muturi was forced to cut short her secondary education around 2008 when she conceived her Sweeny Wanjiku, who would years later come to compensate for her painful decision to quit school.
Mother foregoes education
The woman fell pregnant while in form two, compelling her to juggle between schooling and maintaining the pregnancy.
After she gave birth, Muturi’s mother offered to support her continue with her education despite the setback.
The young mother would later be forced to forgo school due to her child’s worrying health status.
“She (Sweeny) would always catch a cold. I could not continue attending classes when my child was sick at home,” Muturi said.
The child got well fully at the age of seven years; she was then enrolled in school.
Her determination and commitment to school work pleased her mother who also committed to helping her through school.
The youngster’s hard work would reflect in the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE), in which she posted remarkable results.
Call to well-wishers
She wrote her examinations at Nakuru’s Moi Primary School, a public institution.
Sweeny scored 425 marks, featuring among the top performers in this year’s national examination.
Owing to the good results, the mother of the girl said she does not regret sacrificing her education in favour of her daughter.
“My daughter has made me proud and I don’t regret dropping out of school to take care of her,” she said.
The girl hopes to join the iconic Alliance Girls High School as she aims at becoming a doctor of medicine.
However, to pose a stumbling block in her journey to her dream is a lack of finances.
Her education at Moi Primary School had been sponsored by her aunt; she hopes a well-wisher will come through for her.
