I WAS not even in the top five for the school, so it came a bit as a surprise for me to learn that I was the best in the whole country at grade nine, says 14-year-old Myaso Kapalu. This is the story of a young achiever who led 41 other girls with at least 547 marks and above in the 2022 grade 9 exams. Myaso herself got 567 marks, making her the best in her class, school, region and the country at large. According to the Ministry of Education records, out of the top 50 performers, only nine are boys with four girls leading the chart. You may have recently seen memes flying around from various schools where the...

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