By OUMA WANZALAMore by this AuthorLearners are still being forced to repeat classes despite a ban several years ago with student dropout still prevalent. The study cites repetition as a major problem among Form Two students (57.7 per cent). WARNINGLast year, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) warned head teachers against forcing or allowing students to repeat classes. That followed reports that some schools were forcing academically weak students to repeat or registering them for exams in other schools to avoid recording a weak overall performance. “All learners should be assisted to transit to the next class and complete any given segment in the learning cycle.”Another report, by National Taxpayers Association, released last year revealed that academically weak students were made to repeat classes.

Source: Daily Nation February 05, 2018 04:58 UTC