Victory Tabitha Wachira is among the 6,407 candidates who scored an A- (minus) in the recently released Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination results.

“I am excited. I did my best, and everything worked out for me,” she says. The 17-year-old had an overall grade of A- (minus) of 77 points out of the maximum 84.

In the respective subjects, she performed as follows: English (A), Kiswahili (A-), Mathematics (A), Biology (B+), Physics (A), Chemistry (B), History (B) and CRE (A).

The story of the teenager would, however, have turned out different were it not for the support of family and the Alliance Girls’ High School fraternity.

She wrote her exams while in a wheelchair after she and her brother got involved in a road accident on their way back home from her school on March 4, 2022.Course in medicine or engineering

Tabitha’s stay in the hospital led her to admire the medical field. She says she is considering pursuing a bachelor’s degree course in medicine.

“I spent a lot of time in the hospital and that gave me a lot of passion to care for people,” she said.

If she won’t pursue a course in medicine, she will pursue her childhood dream of becoming an engineer, said the teen.

Looking back, she is grateful to the Alliance Girls’ High School community for helping post good grades.

“It is the kindness, the small adjustments in time-table and lessons venue that have helped me to perform well,” she said.

Tabitha still can’t walk for long distances and often uses pain relievers to manage her condition.