WISERBridge promotes equal access to higher education by improving primary students’ academic outcomes through remedial student revision courses, targeted teacher professional development, streamlined benchmark assessments, collaboration between students, parents and educators, and an incentivizes for performance. WISERBridge enforces accountability to student performance, empowering students, teachers and parents through its vision.

1. A Glimpse Into the Lives of Muhuru Bay Primary School
Students

2. Raise KCPE Scores in Muhuru Bay
from a 193 Average to a 275 Average

3.  Currently, 0nly 5% of girls in Muhuru attend high
school.
 Last year, only 3 girls in all of Migori District (inclusive
of 2,000 girls) earned a 400 score or higher; no girl in
Muhuru scored a 400.
 The average score of girls in Muhuru was a 181 on the
January Baseline Exam; the average score of boys was a
202.
 We want 100% of all girls in WISER to come from the
local community!
 We want ALL students in Muhuru to succeed!

4. 9 Original WISERBridge Schools + 3 New Additions = 12
Amazingly Ambitious WISERBridge Schools

5. St. Sos Peters
The newest addition to the WISERBridge
Program
Obolo Primary, Standard 8

6. Rabwao Primary School
Students, teachers, and parents celebrating
new English textbooks from WISERBridge.
Ibencho Primary, Standard 8

7. Kumoni Primary School
Standard 8 Students excited by their new
textbooks provided by WISERBridge.
Nyangwayo Primary, Standard 8

8. Winjo Primary, Standard 8
Nyakondo Primary School
Standard 8 students receive supplies, including
notebooks and textbooks, provided by WISERBridge.

9. Lisori Primary School
Students, teachers, and parents celebrating
their new English textbooks from WISERBridge.
Senye Primary, Standard 8

10. Remedial Instruction + Professional Development + Teacher
and Student Incentives = Success!

11. In January, Standard 8
students sat for their
Baseline Exams to
determine their “starting
scores.” The average score?
193 out of 500

12. Realizing the need for improvement, students now
review an extra 7 hours a week to improve their
English, Math, Kiswahili, Science and Social Studies
knowledge.

13. In March, the students
had the chance to prove
what they learned in the
first term.

14. After the April break, WISERBridge
students, parents, teachers, and the
local Area Education Officer
celebrate the success of the Term 1
results. They grew 37 points from
the first exam in January!

15. During the year, teachers have
been taught many skills to help
improve their instruction.
Here, they learned the basics of
data-driven instruction and long-
term planning.

16. In March, teachers learned
how to use writing rubrics
to grade English and
Kiswahili Compositions.

17. In June, teachers from 10
primary schools coordinated
an Excellent School
Visit, observing at one of the
most improved
schools, Kumoni.

18. In June, parents, teachers, students
and the School Committee at Senye
came together to discuss further
ways to improve Senye’s
achievement. Other schools have
held similar meetings, with
WISERBridge as the mediator.

19. 400 of Muhuru Bay’s Finest Primary Students
46 of Muhuru Bay’s Finest Teachers

20. Wendy, the highest performing
student in Muhuru Bay.
Carolyne and her son, Benard, 21
years apart and in the same Standard
8 class at Ibencho Primary.

21. Paulete, the highest performing
student at Senye Primary School.
Her mom is also a WISERBridge Thomas, a dedicated
teacher at Senye. WISERBridge Teacher at Rabwao
Primary School.

22. Chief Ogwang, a proud
supporter of WISERBridge Children at St. Sos Peters, looking
and local chief of Southeast forward to their turn at
Muhuru WISERBridge.

23. The concerned parents of
Muhuru The future WISERBridge
students

25. By the end of the first term
in March of 2009…
Students improved a 193 average
to a 230 average between January
and March.
Girls in Muhuru increased overall
38 points from the baseline exam
from a 181 to a 219 average.
Girls at 7 out of 10 schools
incurred at least 35 points of
growth.
6 of the 10 primary schools
improved over 41 points.

26. In fact…
WISERBridge is predicting that
about 5 girls from Muhuru will
receive a 400 average by
November. This is significant
because last year, NO girl from
Muhuru Bay received a 400
average, and only 3 girls in all of
Migori District (about 2,000
girls) received a 400 average or
higher.

27. (and it’s support of WISERBridge…)