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After school, eight minutes a day. Teachers recommend it as a homework alternative — five questions, not another booklet.
A learner answers 5 questions each day. How many questions in 7 days?
PSL Mathematics Contest
Twelve schools brought Grades 7, 8 and 9 to a paper that asked for reasoning, not only recall. Two hundred and seven scored scripts were analysed — by learner, team, school, grade and strand — so teachers could see where the work is landing and where it still needs teaching.
Figures from the published contest results. View the official results
The sitting
The contest was written to go beyond routine classroom drills. Learners had to reason, calculate, model real-life situations, interpret multi-step word problems, apply formulas, and show their working across number, algebra, geometry, measurement, probability, ratio, proportion and commercial arithmetic.
That is the point of a PSL contest sitting: not a stage show, but a diagnostic that still feels like a public moment. Schools can see who is showing exceptional promise, which teams are consistent, which grades need support, and which strands are blocking higher achievement — while sitting alongside other participating schools.
By grade
| Grade | Scored scripts | Average | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 54 | 39.3% | 88% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 32.7% | 69% |
| Grade 9 | 79 | 40.3% | 86% |
Grade 9 recorded the highest average. Grade 7 produced the top overall learner.
Schools
| # | School | Average | Top learner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornerstone School | 58.4% | Tashley Waithira, 73% |
| 2 | Chuna Junior School | 57.0% | Judy Seleina, 88% |
| 3 | Mountain View | 54.2% | Jimmy Carter, 80% |
| 4 | Acacia Crest Academy | 53.8% | Randall Henry, 86% |
| 5 | Corner Brook School | 39.9% | Ryan Huri, 68% |
Cornerstone School led on school average. Chuna Junior School produced both the top team and the top overall learner.
Teams
| # | Team | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuna Junior School – Team 2 | 67.2% |
| 2 | Acacia Crest Academy – Team 2 | 64.5% |
| 3 | Chuna Junior School – Team 3 | 59.0% |
| 4 | Chuna Junior School – Team 1 | 58.8% |
| 5 | Acacia Crest Academy – Ungrouped | 58.4% |
| 6 | Cornerstone School – Team 1 | 58.4% |
| 7 | Mountain View – T-41 | 56.8% |
| 8 | Mountain View – T-42 | 55.8% |
Learners
| # | Learner | School | Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judy Seleina | Chuna Junior School | 7 | 88% |
| 2 | Randall Henry | Acacia Crest Academy | 9 | 86% |
| 3 | Jimmy Carter | Mountain View | 7 | 80% |
| 4 | Jason Mbaita | Chuna Junior School | 9 | 77% |
| 4 | Kevin Nganga | Acacia Crest Academy | 9 | 77% |
| 6 | Alvin Kipchirchir | Chuna Junior School | 7 | 76% |
| 7 | Tashley Waithira | Cornerstone School | 9 | 73% |
| 8 | Fridah Waridi | Chuna Junior School | 9 | 70% |
| 8 | Valeria Wanjiku | Mountain View | 9 | 70% |
| 10 | Clifford Munene | Mountain View | 8 | 69% |
| 10 | Liam Saolla | Acacia Crest Academy | 8 | 69% |
Names and scores are from the published contest results.
Strands
The strongest strand overall was Number & Numeration. Learners were relatively more comfortable with place value, fractions, integer operations, ratio-style questions and basic computation. Algebra was the weakest broad strand.
Gaps to teach next
The Acacia Crest sitting combined individual ranking, team competition, school comparison, grade-level analysis, strand diagnosis and question-level review. That combination is the PSL idea in public: celebrate the learners who stretched, and send every participating school home with something a teacher can reteach next week.
Next
The same daily five that feeds PSL is waiting at home. The full rankings, teams and strand notes live on the contest results page.
