Jomvu Member of Parliament Badi Twalib has proposed the introduction of private examination centers in order to improve schools' mean grades in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, often affected by absent candidates.
Speaking during the celebration of the sterling performance in KCSE of the first cohort of secondary students sponsored under the National Government-Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF), Twalib said that absenteeism lowered the mean grades of schools in the constituency despite efforts from hard-working students.
He said absenteeism was the main cause of poor performance in most schools in that students, after registering for KCSE, absconded from classes only to reappear to sit for the national examinations.
He urged parents to ensure their children attended classrooms so as not to affect the overall performance of the schools in the region.
