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Parents block the reopening of schools over exam results

Parents block the entrance to Tiritagoi Primary School in Njoro on January 6, 2020. They were demonstrating against what they termed as poor performance in the 2019 KCPE. The school had a mean score of 162. [Harun Wathari/Standard]

More than 600 pupils failed to report for the first term at Tiritagoi Primary School in Njoro, Nakuru County, after parents stormed the institution over its performance in last year’s national tests.

The school posted a mean score of 162 in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam.

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