Bright Boy Who Scored 316 Marks in KCPE To Repeat Class 8 for 3rd Time Due to Lack of Fees
A young boy who performed admirably on the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) in 2022 could be denied admission to secondary school.
The teenager who scored 316 marks in the national examinations is mulling over repeating Class 8. Elvis Koimei would not be repeating Class 8 for the first time, as he has taken the KCPE twice.
In 2021, the bright boy from Baringo County took his first KCPE examination alongside his sister. Baringo boy gives up secondary education The father did not have the financial means to educate both of his children, so only one of them could continue to high school.
“As I pushed his sister to middle school, I asked my son to repeat. I told him it would only be for one season before he would have another chance "Koimei’s father, John Kiprop, says.
Koimei was not disheartened when his educational progress halted for another year; when he retook the exams, he performed well. The fact that he was the top student in his primary school was not particularly advantageous.
Due to a lack of school fees, the adolescent is still housebound while his peers continue their education. His father is calculating his losses after losing some of his livestock to repeated bandit attacks and others to drought.
Due to adverse poverty, the family also struggles to provide for basic needs such as food and a decent place to live. Kiprop relies on odd jobs to support his family, but he is unable to provide for his son’s educational requirements.
Netizens urged the government to improve the country’s education system because they feared that the majority of children would not attend school.
"Government must act in response to this issue. Do we have to force them to work? They cannot even assist students in need. In the majority of the country, famine and hunger are killing a large number of people, but the government does not appear concerned.”
Bright Boy Who Scored 316 Marks in KCPE To Repeat Class 8 for 3rd Time Due to Lack of Fees