Ministry moots new plan to end detention of students' certificates

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba says the ministry is working to end the persistent issue of headteachers withholding learners certificates. [File, Standard]

National examination candidates may soon be able collect their certificates from sub-county education offices, following continued defiance by some schools following a government directive not to withhold them over unpaid fees.

In a new proposal by the Ministry of Education aimed at ending the practice, schools would receive only copies of the certificates for record-keeping, while original documents would be issued directly to the candidates.