Agony for KJSEA candidate as name found missing
Her relatives led by her father Dickson Asiago, accused the school administration of negligence and are demanding answers and justice for the girl from the Ministry of Education.
The fate of a candidate for Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) exam, Irene Asiago hangs in the balance after realizing that her name is missing in the registration list, even as her peers take part in the national examinations starting this week.
Now the distraught student of Kionduso PAG Junior School in Kisii County, is calling for justice on being told to repeat school so that she can do the exam next year, despite undergoing months of preparation.
“I was shocked to learn in the last minute that my name is not in the list of candidates in this year’s KJSEA. Now they are telling me to repeat and sit the exam next year. I am angry, desperate and heartbroken,” said the bright teenage girl on phone.
She added; “I am deeply worried about my future after earlier doing my Grade Six exam and moving to the next level, only to be told I am not in the system. This sad, unfair and disheartening, I am appealing to the government to intervene.”
Her relatives led by her father Dickson Asiago, accused the school administration of negligence and are demanding answers and justice for the girl from the Ministry of Education.
Talking to journalists in Ruiru, Kiambu County where he resides, the father said the news has badly affected his daughter who is now stressed and even refuses to eat, calling on the government to take action on those responsible for the anomaly.
“Initially I was informed by the school that my child was among those registered late for the exam, but it emerged that this was not the case. Now she is feeling bad and stressed after realizing she won’t do the exams along with her classmates,” said Asiago.
An uncle, Willy Ragira said it was unfortunate that Irene who was also a school prefect and among the top students in her class will not sit for the exam for a mistake not hers.
He accused a former principal of the school, who has since been transfered elsewhere, of failing to register her and said action should be taken on her for negligence.
Reached on the phone, the former school principal Rachael Kerubo admitted she was partly to blame for failure to register the candidate, but said she had pledged to meet any costs of repeating, including buying the girl school uniforms.
“I have taken responsibility for the mistake and agreed to support the girl financially including buying her school uniform so that she can do the exam next,” Ms Kerubo explained.
