A top candidate in the 2015 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams fainted on Wednesday after she learnt that she was leading Embu County with 424 marks.
Grace Wanjiku, 13, a former pupil at Lion Primary school in Embu Town, decided to excuse herself from the rest of her family members who were watching Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i announce the results and hid in her bedroom.
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Wanjiku, who wants to be a neurosurgeon, said when her mum informed her that she had topped the county, she was overjoyed and fainted.
She was however resuscitated by her mother and hopes to join Alliance Girls High School.
Elsewhere, a 72-year-old Kaya elder in Kwale County has scored 299 marks beating his fellow classmates at Mwamanga Primary School in Ukunda.
Mzee Athuman Rimo said he once served as a local chief during President Daniel Moi’s regime.
Rimo dropped out of school at standard 4 before independence during a scramble between Christian missionaries and Muslims, after which they were told not to continue with formal education because it could have led them to Christianity.
According to KNEC, 937,467 candidates sat for the 2015 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, an increase of 48,304 from last year’s 889,163 candidates.
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