By ANITA CHEPKOECHMore by this AuthorParents have asked the government to allow the over 33,000 students who scored the lowest grade of E in the 2016 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams to repeat Form Four. The Kenya National Association of Parents chairman Nicholas Maiyo said the students faced a bleak future since the grade does not guarantee them any chance to proceed with their studies. While the Kenya National Union of Teachers secretary-general Wilson Sossion wants the examination remarked, Mr Zablon Awange, the chairman of Kenya Union of Post Primary Education chairman, Kisumu chapter asked that colleges lower their entry grades to accommodate more learners. Mr Sossion said: “We will continue pushing until the government accepts to remark the last year’s KCSE examinations. As public universities lower their intake grades, middle level colleges and tertiary colleges must follow suit,” said Mr Awange.

Source: Daily Nation February 12, 2017 19:35 UTC