Kericho Prisoner Scores 318 Marks In KCPE Exam Results 2022

An inmate at Kericho GK medium prison has won accolades from the correctional institution and fellow prisoners for exemplary performance in the just concluded Kenya Certificate of Primary Education KCPE examinations where he scored 318 marks.

In an interview with KNA, Gilbert Ngetich, 26, serving a three-year sentence for possession of illicit brews said he was elated with the achievement, adding that this was his second attempt to sit for the national examination.

“I sat for my KCPE in 2011 at a local school in Roret, Bureti sub-county, Kericho where I scored 314 marks out of a possible 500 marks at the time I was 16 years. I did not proceed to secondary school because my parents could not afford to raise the required school fees. I grabbed the opportunity to go back to school here in prison when I was jailed on 15 October 2021. I do not regret this and with my KCPE certificate, I know I will get to enroll for a technical course once I am released from prison on 15 February 2023 but I will not relent on my dreams of becoming a police officer,” said Ngetich.

His scores in the national examinations were; English 65B, Kiswahili 53C, Science 68B, Maths 76A-, Science 68B, Social Science and Religious Studies 56C+.

Mike Kiplangat Misiocha, 19, a prisoner serving a four-year sentence for the offence of stealing and malicious damage on property at the prison facility scored 311 marks despite dropping out of school in class 7 in 2017.

Misiocha revealed that he was happy when an opportunity presented itself for him to go back to school. When he was jailed in December 2021, he embraced it wholeheartedly and was now targeting to pursue a course in welding and fabrication.

“I scored English 81A, Kiswahili 67B, Maths 49C, Science 65B, Social Science and Religious Studies 49C. My dream of becoming a surgeon has not died but now that I have a KCPE certificate I will use it to pursue welding and fabrication course in a vocational or Tertiary institution of my choice. I dropped out of school in 2017 in Class 7. At the time, I was 14 years,” said Misiocha.

The prison trained teacher who doubles up as a prison officer Kenneth Langat said the inmates were adequately prepared for the national examination and had completed the syllabus.

Langat said 13 inmates from the prison facility sat for their KCPE exams this year.

The officer in charge, Senior Superintendent of Prisons (SSP) Labantine Macoyamo said this was the ninth time the prison facility had registered prisoners to sit for the national examinations revealing that so far 150 inmates had completed their KCPE examinations since the inception of the pioneer prison class in 2014 with 10 of them getting transfers to pursue their secondary education at Naivasha Maximum prison as they serve their sentences.

He added that education is an effective form of rehabilitation for prisoners since it creates an avenue for prisoners to turn their life around and become better citizens in their communities.

“We are grateful to God for the good marks from our inmates. Education is key to success and these inmates, even with the few resources, we have molded them and they have passed. Education is important and once the prisoners leave, they will be able to pursue the courses they want to acquire skills now that they have their KCPE certificates. We congratulate them,” said SSP Macoyamo.

This year’s KCPE exam was done between 28th and 30th of November with the results released on 21 December.