Girl who beat the odds to emerge tops

Education officials at the district pleaded her case saying she was a truly needy case. Says Mr J.N Njuguna, the Narok South Deputy District Education Officer: “Gladys has shown a good example to others that it is possible to do well by sheer hard work, especially at a time when girls’ performance has taken a nosedive.”

He adds that she is a beacon of hope in a district where female genital mutilation, early marriages and male chauvinism still dog the education of the girl child.