From dropout to watchman and now Std 8 candidate: The story of Gabriel Ochieng

Ofafa Jericho Primary school class 8 pupil Gabriel Ochieng

Neither age nor distance were an obstacle. If he was assured of going back to school, he would go after the opportunity.

Gabriel Ochieng’, 19, dropped out of school in 2014, when he was in Standard Seven, for lack of miscellaneous fees demanded by the school administration. Since his parents could not afford to pay the money for the seven siblings in school, the first two dropped out, and it wasn’t long before he followed suit.