肯尼亚的小学教育语言水平下降

But some students still excel. Results of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations were on newspaper front pages Thursday all over Kenya, with pictures of students who earned top marks.

不过，即便是肯尼亚，也有一些学生成绩依然很优秀。星期四，在小学毕业成绩考核中名列前茅的学生，不光名字登在了肯尼亚全国各地报纸的头版，这些孩子的照片也都登上去了。

South Sudan refugee student shines

One picture stood out in particular: that of South Sudanese refugee Kuol Tito Yak, who lived in Kakuma Refugee Camp until joining Uthiru Genesis Primary school in Standard Three. He scored fourth overall, and the first in Kiambu County.

其中一个孩子的照片尤其突出；之所以突出，是因为这个孩子是来自南苏丹的难民的孩子，他的名字叫库尔，长期住在当地的一个难民营里，直到小学三年级才进到当地的一所小学上学。这个叫库尔的孩子在肯尼亚的全国考试当中，名列第四，而且是所在地的头一名。

Lual Dau is head of the Southern Sudanese Students’ Association in Kenya. He said, although he does not know Kuol personally, South Sudanese take education very seriously.

卢尔是肯尼亚境内南苏丹学生联合会的负责人。他说，虽然不认识库尔，但是，来自南苏丹的学生，对教育都很重视。

“We are going to reform the new country [South Sudan] - it will be through education, of what we learned. That is what we can take home because there is nothing in Southern Sudan,” said Lual.

卢尔说：“我们肩负着要重建国家的使命，而且只能是通过教育、只能是通过我们所学的重建国家。南苏丹现在一穷二白，我们能带回去的，只有我们在这儿学到的。”

The results highlighted other education trends. The top two students were from the capital Nairobi. Coastal area schools performed poorly. All top 10 positions were taken by students studying at private schools, and there are almost as many girls as boys in the primary school system overall.

肯尼亚的这次考试结果同时也突出了地方教育的其他一些走向。比如说，名列第一和第二的学生都来自首都内罗毕，而沿海地区的学生，成绩则没有那么好。另外，名列前十名的学生，都是私立学校的学生。还有就是，在小学里念书的孩子，差不多是男女各半。