- Maseno School rewarded its top students who scored Grade A plain in mock exams with an all-expenses trip to a top Mombasa hotel
- Among the 40 high achievers, 11 students hit a perfect score of 84 out of 84 points in the mock examinations
- The celebration comes just weeks before the students sit their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education national exams
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Top students from Maseno School have been flown to Mombasa and treated to a stay at one of the coast's top hotels after posting extraordinary results in their 2026 mock examinations, with the reward coming just weeks before they sit their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) national exams.
Source: Facebook
A video shared on Facebook captured the students, dressed in matching dark blazers and ties, walking across the tarmac at Kisumu International Airport before boarding a small passenger aircraft via a mobile staircase. The mood in the footage is unmistakably buoyant, with the group visibly energised ahead of their coastal getaway.
Perfect Scores and a Coastal Celebration
According to the school's post accompanying the video, 40 students achieved grade A plain in the mock exams, with 11 of them recording a flawless 84 out of 84 points. A further 108 students scored A minus.
Mock exams in Kenya typically take place just days before the national KCSE examinations begin, making the results a strong indicator of how candidates are likely to perform.
The school described the Mombasa trip as a celebration of the students' hard work, noting they were hosted at one of the best hotels in the coastal city.
How Kenyans Reacted Online
The video quickly spread across social media, drawing a wide range of responses from Kenyans who were both impressed and reflective about the country's education system.
The celebration has also reignited a broader conversation about academic excellence, incentives for students, and what success truly looks like beyond the examination room. Here are some of the comments:
@George Kisero: "Remember last year KCSE Maseno school had the highest number of candidates scoring A plain of 84 points..26 boys got 84 points, and we edged out all our competitors nationally.We had a total tally of 90 students scoring A plain.#Maseno strong"
@Amos Okinyi: "I am greatly privileged to have interacted with the sharp boys last night as we shared dinner in the hotel, where I happen to have been residing for the past few weeks as I conclude my vacation. Indeed, they are great minds, and the school's mean grade target of A-(11 points) is achievable. Keep it up."
@Ariga Oyo Mose: "After scoring As, where do they go when we are importing engineers from China to do for us the Dangote oil refinery and expressway.....it's the earliest time we embraced vocational training for development?"
Kenyans Who Scored A Joke Online
In other news, TUKO also highlighted facts about Kenyan KCSE graduates who scored A grades, jokingly asking D students to hire them after years of hearing that the lower scorers would become their bosses.
The exchange struck a nerve amid rising graduate unemployment, as Kenyans used humour to question whether good grades still open doors in the job market.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
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