Kisii school KCSE results withheld for a month released

By Robert Nyasato

Kisii, Kenya: Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) has released KCSE results of a school in Kisii County that have been withheld for a month.

The move brought to an end a month-long anxiety that had gripped parents and students at Nyabururu Girls Secondary School in Kisii County.

Kisii County Director of Education Konchora Chepe said the council had conducted thorough investigations and found out there were no anomalies in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination, saying the candidates had prepared well and passed genuinely.

In the result, 250 candidates had qualified to join universities and few would join middle level colleges.

Speaking at the school, Chepe noted the release of the examination was a testimony that the council was fed with wrong information, emphasising that the examination was conducted according to the council’s rules and regulations.

Chepe, flanked by Kisii District Education Officer Martin Mwalo said 266 candidates sat the examination and one scored A plain, 30 A -, 44 B+, 61 B, 66 B-, 49 C+ and 7 got C, adding the school attained a mean score of 8.7 up from 8.3 last year.

The director said results for nine candidates were being held over cases of names and years they sat their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, noting the council was sorting it out and would release them soon.

He lauded the parents and candidates for their patience and challenged parents not to withdraw children from the school, adding it was among the best schools in the county, whose results were improving annually.

The release came in the wake of protests by Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) secretary in charge of secondary schools Edward Obwocha who accused Knec of victimising students for posting good results.

Obwocha who was flanked by Kuppet Kisii County Secretary Ben Nyaundi said the council should have confidence in local schools and should not punish candidates on hearsay.

The school’s principal Elmelda Ochenge said the school had set a target of 10.2 but attained 8.7, adding it could not be ranked by the council since the results had been released late.

She urged parents not to panick and assured them the school offered quality education and moulded the students holistically, adding they have set a target of 11 this year.