800 Uasin Gishu Form One Students Yet To Report To School
More than 800 students who took the KCPE in Uasin Gishu County last year and were admitted to form one have yet to report to their respective schools.
According to Harrison Muriuki, the County Director of Education, only 89.8 percent of students have reported, with 90.5 percent being boys and 89.0 percent being girls.
“So far 90.56 percent of our boys have reported to form one, 89 percent girls have reported. In total, the number that has reported to form one is 89.81 percent,” he said during an interview.
The county director urged all parents whose children had yet to report to do so in accordance with the government’s goal of achieving a 100% transition from primary to secondary school.
Moiben Sub County has been hit the hardest, with only 59 percent of students admitted to Form One, compared to other sub-counties, where the number of students who have reported to Form One ranges from 94 to 98 percent.
Muriuki stated that they were working closely with the county commissioner and area chiefs to ensure that all children report to school, adding that a number of students who were still holed up at home were taken to Kimumu and GK Magereza secondary schools within Eldoret municipality through their concerted effort.
“Parents should ensure their children report to school with or without school fees, they can also take advantage of the available day secondary schools within their areas to make sure the children are enrolled to form one, parents whose children will fail to report risk arrest and prosecution”, he warned.
The county director said the government sponsors free day secondary schools, and students are not required to pay anything except for lunch, which is optional.
“They should take those children to school and if they do not, the law will take its course. We have agreed that we are going to arrest them and take them to court,” reiterated the county director.
He also discouraged students from joining businesses, particularly the popular bodaboda operating business, stating that they were still young and needed to first obtain an education certificate before engaging in any type of business they desired in life.
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Muriuki went on to say that the bursary allocation was fair, particularly the ministry of education bursary, which targeted needy children from the slums.
He stated that there have been cases in the county where students register for national examinations and then disappear, only to reappear on exam days.
“We have put the necessary action to counter such behaviour, with chiefs being instructed to look out for such students and ensure they are taken back to school, and where necessary arrest the parents who allow such behaviour”, he added.
800 Uasin Gishu Form One Students Yet To Report To School
