A Siaya county school has resolved to offer its last year candidates whose results were cancelled by the Kenya National examinations council an opportunity to re-join the institution and sit the examinations in July this year.
According to the principal of Nyamninia secondary school in Gem Yala sub county, Thomas Otieno Obura, the school management has unanimously resolved to offer the 11 candidates whose results were cancelled a second chance in accordance with the new government policy that allows such students to re-sit the examinations.
Addressing the media in his office today, Obura said that the 11 candidates had their mathematics results cancelled hence affecting the entire results since the subject was a compulsory examinable subject.
“We have sat as a board and senior management and resolved to recall the 11 so that they can repeat and hopefully sit for the KCSE in July this year,” said the principal adding: “I thank the government for this new arrangement.”
He said out of the 181 students that the school presented, 170 received their results, with the best three students scoring grade B plus while 13 scored B plain.
Obura said that a total of 66 students scored grade C plus and above that guarantees them direct entry to the public universities.
The principal said the school was committed to maintain the good results it has been posting over the years despite what he termed as a hiccup last year and hailed the parents and the students for remaining calm despite the challenges.
A member of the school’s parents’ association, Joab Ochieng’ Okinda hailed the students for their positive attitude towards studies that saw the institution post good results.
By Philip Onyango
