Mining and Blue Economy Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho has opened up about his poor performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), revealing that financial struggles affected his education.
Speaking on Thursday, November 12, during the Kenya Comprehensive School Heads Association (KECSHA) national conference in Mombasa, Joho told President William Ruto and other guests that he completed Form Four with a D grade.
The Cabinet Secretary explained that his poor results were not caused by a lack of intelligence but by the financial challenges his family faced while he was growing up.
According to Joho, his parents sometimes struggled to pay his school fees, forcing him to miss an entire school term. He said this affected his learning and made it difficult for him to perform well in his examinations.
Joho insisted that he was a bright student and believed he would have achieved better grades if he had enjoyed the educational opportunities available under the current government.
He linked his experience to President Ruto's Usawa Wa Maendeleo policy, arguing that children should be given equal opportunities regardless of their parents' financial positions.
The CS said that during his school days, a learner's ability to remain in school was largely determined by the financial situation of their parents.
He further suggested that if he had studied under Ruto's administration, where opportunities are intended to be more equal, he would probably have scored an A instead of a D.
His remarks left President Ruto and other people at the event laughing, while also raising conversations about poverty, education and equal opportunities for Kenyan children.
Joho's story has also reminded Kenyans that academic grades do not always reflect someone's intelligence or future potential.
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