St Augustine’s Mlimani remains the membrane aisle in the academic excellence

Principal Winfridah Kahigi who is incharge of the 687 students,st Augustine’s Mlimani secondary a sub-county day school in Lugari constituency. ” We have a robust maestro system of propelling the school to greater heights through a spirited hype of high discipline and early completion of syllabus that allows our learners to concentrate on apt and in-depth revision which is meant to excel academically,” adding that, She is an ardent supporter of sports which is in-tandem with the CBC requirements.

There are only 22 TSC teachers assisted by 9 counterparts employed on BoM terms. This school has a unique approach towards academics because it is moving to the direction of being a STEM institution and from the previous records of performance for most of the students who joined universities from the school performed well in sciences and maths.

Madam Kahigi on her 15 years of experience as a principal from various schools across the nation shared to education hotspot news that the school scored the tongue wagging mean score of 5.03 compared to the 2023 of 3.977 registering a positive deviation of +1.062 that saw 51 candidates joining university out of a class of 206.

The Lugari sub-county KESSHA secretary said that the school’s progress is all to the efforts of the area MP Hon Nabii Nabwera who has ensured that there is timely disbursement of bursaries and infrastructure uplift that has changed the facelift of the school. Having been the vice-chair for science and engineering fair in the kakamega county for several years up to 2023 when she was elected the KESSHA official,she always encourage sober discussions and propagate cohesion among teachers and students for a common purpose of academic progress.” I encourage everyone to leave this place a better one unlike they found it especially in academics and co-curricular activities,” she reminded.

Parental support together with the dedicated, focused and hardworking staff ,not forgetting the discipline shown from the students. The Catholic Diocese of kakamega sponsored school is headed in the right direction at the expense of the principal and BOM group which keeps everybody optimistic that the set target of 5.5 for the 256 candidates will be achieved.

Students are calling on all the stakeholders to prioritise buying a bus for both academic trips and sports which has been their main challenge.

Senior teachers Patrick Lusaba and Ms Abigail Okaya said that they are out to promote a culture of self-discipline and minimizing pregnancy among girls and expect more girls to get quality grades as seen in the 2024 KCSE.” Our entry behaviour is below average but we compete favourably well with other giant schools,” they shared.

Teachers and students remain thankful to the principal and the BOM for their constant support and assistance accorded to them despite  the economic pandemics being experienced.