Top Coast pupil fails to secure slot in dream school

Peter Okal, the top pupil from St John’s First Baptist Shonda Primary School in Likoni, Mombasa County, celebrates after he got 404 marks in this year's KCPE exams. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Coast’s top pupil in this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, Derrick Mweru, is a sad boy after he failed to secure a Form One slot in his dream school. 

“I wanted to join Alliance High, which was my first choice,” said Mweru, who sat the exams at Kenya Navy Primary School in Mombasa. He topped the region with 435 marks out of the possible 500.