Nakuru High scoops prestigious blaze Young Scientist Kenya award

Safaricom Interim Director for Consumer Business Unit, Charles Wanjohi is taken through the process of making toothbrush from bamboo treated with extracts from the roots of Sodom Apple by Esther Nduta (center) and her project partner Lydia Njeri all from Bethlehem Senior School in Ruiru, during the first edition of the Young Scientists of Kenya powered by Safaricom Blaze, held at KICC Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina/Standard]

When the government launched the secondary schools science congress in the 1960s, the idea was to nature extra-curriculum skills among students in in the sciences in preparation for the open learning inherent in higher education.

For decades the annual event brought top students in the sciences from various schools across the country together in regional competitions where bright ideas were showcased and critiqued.