Headteacher stops candidate from sitting the national exam (KPSEA) over personal debt
Headteacher stops a candidate from sitting the grade six national exam (KPSEA) over personal debt
Headteacher stops a candidate from sitting the grade six national exam (KPSEA) over personal debt.
A headteacher is under investigation after it was claimed that she forbade a candidate from taking the national exam, which got underway on November 28.
According to reports, the grade six pupil who was scheduled to take the Kenya Primary School School Education Assessment (KPSEA) was prevented from doing so by Kibumbu Primary School Headteacher Hellen Njeri Chabari.
The student, according to the teacher, had previously stolen Ksh 2,000 from her and did not merit being among those who were being evaluated.
Bodaboda operators in Tharaka Nithi County where the school is stumbled on the helpless girl bitterly sobbing in the early morning.
“The teacher insisted that she need the money to allow the girl to sit for the exam,” it was reported.
Victoria Kagendi, the girl’s mother narrated how the teacher insulted her after she accompanied the girl back to school.
“My daughter has not attended school for some time now. The teacher chased her away from school over the same issue and commanded that she would only allow her to sit for the exam which she has now denied,” narrated Kagendi amidst tears.
It took the intervention of the County Director of Education Bridget Wambua for the girl to be allowed to sit for the second paper.
Residents of Kibumbu criticized the teacher, saying that education was more significant than the money she said the student had stolen.
This came after Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu addressed concerns by parents over the fate of Grade Six pupils ahead of the review of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
On November 28, Machogu assured Mombasa County that the Working Party on Education Reforms will present its findings and recommendations when it was ready.
“It will not be too late because that announcement will be coming in the first week of December,” he announced.
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