Education Minister Mutula Kilonzo (left) with KNUT chairman Wilson Sossion during the release of KCPE results in Nairobi early this year. Photo/FILE NATION MEDIA GROUP
By REBECCA OKWANY rokwany@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Sunday, March 17 2013 at 15:17
Posted Sunday, March 17 2013 at 15:17
Some 7,714 spaces are still available for Form One students in Mombasa county, even after the government replaced learners who failed to report to their schools.
Out of these, 4,208 chances are available for boys and 3,506 for girls in both public and private secondary schools.
Mombasa County Director of Education Abdikadir Kike at the weekend confirmed the availability of the vacancies, and urged parents who are yet to get schools for their children to consult his office.
He said last week’s replacement targeted to fill 8,159 spaces of which 4,036 were in private secondary schools. They managed to replace 445 students who failed to report to the schools they were admitted.
“We were able to find places for 230 boys and 215 girls but we were not able to fill the 7,714 vacancies remaining,” Mr Kike told Nation in an interview at his office in Mombasa.
He said the high number of vacancies could have been as a result of some students joining schools outside the county.
“We do not know where the students are but it is likely that some may have joined schools outside the county,” he said.
Some of the schools that are yet to fill their Form One slots are Coast Girls High School, Tononoka Boys, Serani Boys, Makande Girls and Makupa Boys.
He urged parents with children who scored 200 marks and above in last year’s Standard Eight national exams to take their children to those schools.
He advised parents who are unable to raise the required fees to explain their plight to school principals.
“Let no child be denied the right to join school on the basis of school fees. I would like to urge parents who do not have fees to come out and speak to principals on what they can pay and the modality of payment. They will be surprised because they (teachers) could be very understanding.”
He also called on parent and guardians to take advantage of free day secondary school funds and Constituency Development Fund to afford an education for their children.
About 9,480 out of 15,800 pupils in the county got admission.
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