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Girl who dropped out of Kenya High School to become a hawker excels in KCSE

Margaret Baliseneka

Margaret Baliseneka, 19, scored an A- minus in the 2023 KCSE examinations despite dropping out of school for a year.

Photo credit: Joseph Openda | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Margaret Baliseneka dropped out of school in 2020 in Form Three at Kenya High School and set off on a journey to the unknown.
  • Eventually, Baliseneka agreed to return to school and joined Bridgewater Girls High School in Njoro, Nakuru County.

She had given up on secondary school education despite initially being in one of the top-performing schools in the country.

Margaret Baliseneka was a student at the prestigious Kenya High School in Nairobi when she dropped out due to differences between her parents.