The class of 2017 KenGen Education Scholarships produced three A (minus)s during last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E) examinations that saw only 11% of all candidates sitting attain the university entry grade of C+.

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Awuor Pauline Angela during her inaugural participation of the KenGen Foundation Annual Mentorship in 2015. Pauline scored an A- in last year’s KCSE.

Awuor Pauline Angela from Alliance Girls High School, and Chuphi Price Ngalaa from Alliance Boys High School, and Makau Esther Mbenya all scored A (minus)s to lead the pack that had a total of 19 sponsored candidates.

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Juliet King’oo, Adhiambo Moses, Hillary Njiri, and Eric Pchumba all scored B (plus)s, while Vincent Gitonga, Stella Gathira obtained B (plain) as the mean score. Four other candidates had B (minus) as the mean score, with only one C (plus) from the group.

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According to the 2017 K.C.S.E results, only 70,073 candidates out of the 610,501who sat for the examinations obtained grades C+ and above, which is the minimum entry point to university.

The Foundation wishes the successful candidates the best of luck in their studies.

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–Ernest Nyamasyo, Communication Officer