Dubai group rewards Nakuru Girls High School for good grades
FMD East Africa’s Fergus Robley taking a selfie with the students of Nakuru Girls High School after the firm, which is part of the Panafrican Group, in partnership with Knowledge Empowerment Youth (KEY) Trust refurbished the school library and donated 1,500 books, 50chairs, shelves, 10 tables and two computers. PHOTO | FRANCIS MUREITHI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- The school, started by colonial settlers in 1927, registered one of its best performances in the national exams.
- Panafrican Group and Knowledge Empowerment Youth (KEY) Trust have upgraded its 90-year-old library.
- Principal Christine Chumba attributed the good results to discipline and hard work by teachers and support staff.
A Dubai-based organisation, Panafrican Group, has rewarded Nakuru Girls High School for its sterling performance in the 2016 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.
The school, which was started by colonial settlers in 1927, registered one of its best performances in the national exams.
At least 213 students, out of 227 candidates who sat the KCSE exams, scored a mean grade of C+ and above, thus qualifying to join public universities.
Following its remarkable achievement, the Panafrican Group, in partnership with Knowledge Empowerment Youth (KEY) Trust have upgraded its 90-year-old library.
The two organisations further donated 1,500 books, 50 chairs, shelves, 10 tables and two computers.
IMPRESSED BY RESULTS
“We were greatly impressed by the results posted by Nakuru Girls and as part of our initiative in boosting the standards of education amongst the girls, we decided to renovate their library,” said FMD East Africa General Manager, Agricultural Division, Fergus Robley.
FMD East Africa is an agricultural equipment company based in Nakuru and is part of the Panafrican Group, a distributor of the Massey Ferguson tractors.
While officially handing over the facility to the school’s management, Mr Robley urged the students to maintain discipline and make good use of the library to sharpen their knowledge ahead of the 2017 national examinations.
LUCKIEST GROUP
“You are the luckiest group and you should translate the good gesture by making sure you read the books and use the computers to register good results in national exams,” said Mr Robley.
He said before settling on the school, the assessment team had visited more than 10 other schools in the region to gauge the need for such facility.
Principal Christine Chumba, while thanking the donors, said that discipline and hard work by teachers and support staff played a key role in the remarkable results.
“This is a great achievement and we attribute it to teamwork,” said Mrs Chumba.
The school sits on a 70-acre piece of land and was hived off from the neighbouring Nakuru Boys High School in 2006.
