By Angatia Leonard 
St Kizito Lusumu girls having been started by the area MP, Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe in liaison with the sponsor, the Catholic Diocese of kakamega, Lusumu parish is a young school out to improve in education and better students’ lives in future.
Taking position 4 in Navakholo sub-county and 10 students qualified for direct entry to university in the 2024 KCSE. Pioneer class of 2023 had 18/40 qualifying for direct entry,among them 1 securing a scholarship to study computer science in Algeria.With a student population of 80, they have 30 candidates registered to sit for KCSE later in the year.
Madam Elvuna Lilian who is the pioneer principal since 2019, has 6 TSC teachers and 2 on BOM agreement who have inculcated the culture of discipline among students that permits them to carry out class work duties incase a teacher is committed elsewhere.
” The culture of self-discipline and committment has helped our students to be in school by 12 noon during opening days and must attend lessons. We were second best in the Navakholo sub-county in 2023 KCSE and this is a school to watch,” confirmed the principal.
The sponsor and area MP. Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe do enough in ensuring that students remain safe and sound in school. Through the NG-CDF fund kitty, the school was bought a 2 acre piece of land and constructed a dormitory , which makes girls to appreciate the MP’s efforts. The county government of kakamega also put up administration/tuition block in 2020.
There are make-up lessons where teachers voluntarily report to school as early as 5 in the morning so that syllabus is completed on time. The small number of students makes work easier for teachers in identifying weak areas and handles them appropriately whereas lesson attendance is 100%.
The school is headed in the right direction where area MP sponsors students through full bursaries. The school has also received donations from KCB foundation through the kakamega branch who donated a 10 thousand litre water tank.Isuzu E.A. company did donate 10 computers to expose learners in the I.C.T world.
There is a little adjustment to the academic programme for the current candidates working on a mission to surpass the set target of 6.5 where full papers are to be done every term so that these students familiarize with the Kenya national examinations council expectations. There are internal contests where common exams are done in a specific subject and administered across in all the classes.
Principal Elvuna Lilian an alumnus of Alliance girls borrowed ideas and aspects from her former school that adds values to the school. She has been a deputy principal at st Clare’s Maragoli girls for over 10 years which adds experience in steering the school to the next level in administration.
All assemblies begin at 7:30 A.M and takes the shortest time to allow students’ quality time in learning. The principal leads by example by being present in school very early in the morning in ensuring that all her lessons are covered.
She was awarded a trophy in home science for being second best in the county by the Catholic diocese of kakamega schools association in the 2023 KCSE.
The school has its fair share of challenges ranging from not having a single laboratory,no library, understaffing and no teachers’ houses. A dining Hall is under construction and the principal appreciates all the stakeholders’ efforts in supporting the school’s growth and development.
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