St. Vincent de Paul Boys' Mosocho

Introduction

St. Vincent de Paul Boys’ Mosocho is a Boarding Primary School located in Kisii County of Kenya. It was established by the Brothers CMM in the year 2011, with the aim of addressing the need for the boy child education in East Africa. Currently the school runs from Grade 4 upto Standard 8, accommodating a pupil population of 530. The Mission of the school is to offer quality education that enables young people to find their rightful place in the society in their world of Tomorrow.

Kenyan Education System

The education system in Kenya is known as 8-4-4, that is, eight years in the primary level; four years in Secondary level and tertiary level respectively. Apparently this system is largely examination oriented; its quality of tends to be evaluated in terms of the number of students passing national examinations. In primary school the national examination done is Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE). It is the final examination administered to the learners in Standard Eight, to help determine their placement in the Secondary School.

KCPE 2020 Result

In KCPE 2020 our school scored a Mean of 380 out of possible 500. This was a positive deviation from the year 2019 in which the school recorded a mean of 366. This performance was attributed to the collaboration between the school administration and the entire St. Vincent de Paul Fraternity; dedication; teamwork; benchmarking; staff meetings; strongly bonded fraternity; team buildings et cetera. Through these, teachers were able to enhance the teaching and learning process. The humility, discipline, hardworking attitude of the candidates played a crucial role in this outcome. This puts our school in the fourth position in the entire Kisii County with 966 primary schools.

Impacts of Covid 19 Pandemic

Just like any other school around the world, where corona virus pandemic disrupted learning, our school was equally affected. It was quite challenging especially to the candidate classes that were looking forward to sit their final exams that year. Fortunately, our teachers were able to reach out to some of our pupils and continued to guide them through online means using Google Zoom/WhatsApp. On reporting back to school, the school organized psychosocial support programmes to be offered to the learners. Meanwhile, teachers had undertaken some training earlier on in preparation for the school reopening. Experts were also involved where necessary to give a helping hand. Eventually our boys were able to settle down in school and this allowed the syllabus coverage to commence, and the end result was quite outstanding.

Quote: “Even if you are never grateful for anything, at least thank God for His many graces upon us.”