Dennis Omondi's determination to become a special needs teacher forced him to take the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam at the age of 32.
He joined Class 7 at Kibos Primary School in 2008 at the age of 31 after he decided to become a special needs education (SNE) teacher following an accident that turned him blind in 2000.
The 48-year-old SNE graduate from Maseno University dropped out of school in 1994 after scoring 36 marks in KCPE out of the possible 700.
According to Omondi, his late mother tried to persuade him to repeat for better grades, but he decided to join Kisauni Polytechnic, where he also dropped out for lack of fees.
