{"id":19622,"date":"2026-01-12T22:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/19622\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:08:10","slug":"kcse-2025-st-thomas-raganga-secondary-parents-protest-after-top-candidate-scores-d-plain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/19622\/","title":{"rendered":"KCSE 2025: St Thomas Raganga Secondary Parents Protest after Top Candidate Scores D Plain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        There was drama at St Thomas Raganga Secondary in Kisii after parents stormed the school over dismal KCSE resultsThis is after the top student in the 2025 KCSE exams scored a disappointing D plain despite the school having a library, laboratory, and other learning resourcesVideos online showed the enraged parents blowing whistles and carrying tree branches as they demanded answers<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">Tension ran high at St Thomas Raganga Secondary School after parents staged a dramatic protest over what they termed an unprecedented and unacceptable performance in the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"article-image__picture\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ac2874b7041f927c.jpeg\"  alt=\"Raganga Secondary parents at the school.\" title=\"Raganga Secondary parents at the school.\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Raganga Secondary parents went to the school carrying tree branches. Photo: Etaya TV.<br \/>Source: TikTok<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">The school, located in Kitutu Central Sub-County, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuko.co.ke\/tags\/kisii-county-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kisii county<\/a>, serves as a public day school for both boys and girls in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Why Raganga Secondary School parents protested<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">An uproar erupted when it emerged that the school\u2019s top-performing student had scored a D plain, sparking anger and disbelief among guardians.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuko.co.ke\/education\/614761-kcse-results-2025-samidoh-overjoyed-students-educated-score-grade-b\/\" class=\"c-article-read-also__image-wrapper\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/186a9e808572a6f7.jpeg\"   loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuko.co.ke\/education\/614761-kcse-results-2025-samidoh-overjoyed-students-educated-score-grade-b\/\" class=\"c-article-read-also__headline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-read-also__caption\">Read also<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-read-also__headline-wrapper\">KCSE results 2025: Samidoh overjoyed after students he educated score grade B<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">Search option is now available at TUKO! Feel free to search the content on topics\/people you enjoy reading about in the top right corner \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">A video circulating online captured the disgruntled parents blowing whistles, waving tree branches, and chanting as they demanded answers from the administration. <\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">Some could be heard lamenting loudly, questioning how a school equipped with a library, laboratory, and other basic learning resources could record such dismal outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have done our part as parents,\u201d one parent shouted in frustration. \u201cHow does a school with all these facilities fail to produce even a single respectable grade?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">The protest escalated, with some parents damaging school property as tensions flared. Teachers and administrators kept a distance as the crowd grew louder, insisting that the school had failed their children.<\/p>\n<p>Social media reactions<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">The incident has triggered a heated debate on social media, with many Kenyans offering sharply divided opinions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">A large section of users argued that the school\u2019s intake of students with low primary school marks makes it unrealistic to expect dramatic academic transformation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuko.co.ke\/people\/family\/614739-kcse-2025-nyambaria-high-school-parents-reject-results-demand-transparency-knec\/\" class=\"c-article-read-also__image-wrapper\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1f9bf175a4b623a1.jpeg\"   loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuko.co.ke\/people\/family\/614739-kcse-2025-nyambaria-high-school-parents-reject-results-demand-transparency-knec\/\" class=\"c-article-read-also__headline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-read-also__caption\">Read also<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-read-also__headline-wrapper\">KCSE 2025: Nyambaria High School parents reject results, demand verification from KNEC<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">NurseInTraining:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m sure hakuna mwalimu alikosa kuwafunza since form 1. Whenever you see parents making noises after exam results then for sure walimu hawana shida. And now they&#8217;ve destroyed some school property. Sasa na hiyo akili ya ujinga. Should they still blame teachers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">Kamanda Junior<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The school admits students wenye wamepata 120 to 170 marks in KCPE, how do you expect wapite mtihani ya KCSE?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">Fridah Sabasi:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet kids work hard. Nowadays they are busy on smartphones than books. Never blame their teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">Jack Israel:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMtoto amepata 150 marks KCPE. How do you expect a miracle of an A plain in KCSE? I was just passing.\u201d<img class=\"article-image__picture\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/edb9c302632ab119.jpeg\"  alt=\"Raganga Secondary KCSE results.\" title=\"Raganga Secondary KCSE results.\" width=\"1120\" height=\"629\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>St Thomas Raganga Secondary School KCSE exam results for 2025. Photo: Etaya TV.<br \/>Source: TikTokNyambaria High School parents reject KCSE results<\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">In another part of Kisii, parents and students of Nyambaria High School are up in arms over what they describe as \u201cinconsistent, unfair, and unreflective\u201d KCSE 2025 results. <\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">The disgruntled parents called for a full verification of answer scripts by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuko.co.ke\/people\/family\/614689-kcse-2025-embu-boy-reported-form-rooster-school-fees-excels-exams\/\" class=\"c-article-read-also__image-wrapper\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0fc2431a95abd9ee.jpeg\"   loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuko.co.ke\/people\/family\/614689-kcse-2025-embu-boy-reported-form-rooster-school-fees-excels-exams\/\" class=\"c-article-read-also__headline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-read-also__caption\">Read also<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-read-also__headline-wrapper\">KCSE 2025: Embu boy who reported to Form One with rooster as school fees excels in exams<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">Class Representative Benard Onkware Michieka told TUKO.co.ke that 1,034 parents and their candidates agree <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuko.co.ke\/people\/family\/614739-kcse-2025-nyambaria-high-school-parents-reject-results-demand-transparency-knec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the grades awarded do not match the students<\/a>\u2019 classroom performance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"align-left\">Michieka said internal assessments, mock exams, and classroom performance painted a very different picture from what was released by KNEC. <\/p>\n<p data-exclude-audio=\"\">Proofreading by Jackson Otukho, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.<\/p>\n<p data-exclude-audio=\"\">Source: TUKO.co.ke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was drama at St Thomas Raganga Secondary in Kisii after parents stormed the school over dismal KCSE&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[80],"class_list":{"0":"post-19622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-kenya"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}