Public schools in Mt Kenya give academies a run for their money

Parents, teachers, and pupils celebrate Cynthia Wanjiku at Vidhu Ramji Primary School in Murang’a. She scored 423 marks, and wants to become a doctor. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Pupils from public schools in the Mt Kenya region posted good results in the 2019 primary examinations after years of dominance from their private counterparts.

While the country's top student, Andy Michael Munyiri, was from the private Damacrest Schools in Kiambu County, public schools generally showed massive improvement, especially boarding institutions.