Alliance High School has recorded significant progress in the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results.
In an interview with the Kenya News Agency (KNA), Principal David Kamau shared details about the school’s performance.
Out of 452 candidates who sat for the exams, 100 students earned an A grade, 134 scored an A-, 107 received a B+, 62 got a B plain, 27 attained a B-, 12 managed a C+, six scored a C plain, and four students obtained a C-.
Kamau attributed the performance to strong discipline and effective collaboration between teachers and students.
“We had very good teamwork between the teachers and the students, discussion groups among the students. In general, the students worked as one, they really exhibited very good work. They maintained very good order in the course of the year, which continued until the end,” he said.
He further acknowledged the role of divine intervention in their success. “God has kept everybody healthy. We had no major issues of health among us. So generally, it was a good year,” he added.
Alliance High School, which is in the national category, recorded a notable improvement in its mean score, rising from 9.5 in 2023 to 10.31 in 2024, an impressive increase of 0.7 points.
Addressing the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), Kamau said the school is preparing to accommodate three grades next year, with an expected intake of 600 to 650 students. However, the school is awaiting further instructions from the Ministry of Education.
“We have about 2,000 students in the school, we still will be prepared to take students for grade 10, so we are having three grades next year. We’ll possibly be taking about 600, 650, but we are still waiting for the ministry to give us the directions,” Kamau said.
“At least we know national schools will be taking more than three pathways with the CBC, and so we are prepared to take the three pathways. We shall take the majority of them in STEM, but we shall still have those in social sciences and also a few in the arts and sports.”
By Sylvia Wanjohi and John Kariba
