Ruto gives stern warning as 130,000 candidates who sat KCPE whereabouts unknown

File image of KCPE candidatesThe government has warned that it will apprehend and take action against headteachers who ask for fees from children in public primary and day secondary schools.

Deputy President William Ruto on Sunday insisted that the government is keen on ensuring that every student completes their education up to the secondary school level, hence, no child should be locked out of school on the basis of school fees.

The DP’s remarks come in the wake of revelations that about 130,000 candidates who sat last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam are yet to join secondary school.

“We would want to see every child go to school because it is their constitutional right,” said Dr Ruto, who was speaking during a Sunday service at the Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa church in South B, Nairobi.

“Youths without jobs are a threat to our future. That is why the government has decided to ensure that those who have completed primary schools join secondary schools while others enroll for technical training.”

The deputy president urged Members of Parliament to assist needy students through the Constituency Development Funds to ensure no child stays out of school.

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