KNEC CEO Summoned as 300 Pupils Risk Missing National Exams

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Justice Gregory Mutai issued the summons on Wednesday, September 23, after the court was told that learners preparing for Grade 6 and Grade 9 national assessments were facing difficulties registering for the examinations.

The dispute is linked to the ownership and management of Gatoto Primary School, which was established as a community facility in 1984.

Community representatives have maintained that the institution is a government-funded public school, while court proceedings resulted in its classification as a private non-profit Alternative Provision of Basic Education and Training (APBET) institution.

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The change in status has created difficulties for some pupils whose National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) details are unavailable.

Regional Director of Education Reuben Kipturgo told the court that NEMIS numbers are assigned to individual learners and cannot simply be transferred between institutions.

During the proceedings, lawyer Danstan Omari told the court that roughly 300 pupils could not be registered for the examinations because they lacked the required NEMIS numbers.

Consequently, the court also directed the former headteacher, who had been issued the records, to surrender them to facilitate the registration process.

Justice Mutai said the immediate priority was ensuring that the affected Grade 6 and Grade 9 candidates are able to sit their national assessments rather than resolving every aspect of the wider ownership dispute.

The court heard that arrangements had been made for the pupils to take their examinations at a neighbouring secondary school, although the school’s legal representatives said the arrangement would need to work in practice.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke

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