A section of Koru Girls secondary school students.[Photo/nation]
There was drama at Koru Girls secondary school in Muhoroni sub-county on Sunday after Form four students demanded to go home.
Trouble, according to the school's Principal, Emelda Oyombe, started brewing on Saturday when parents to six of the candidates arrived at the gate of the institution and demanded to see their children.
Oyombe disclosed that the parents were however denied entry into the school in accordance with the new regulation by the Ministry of Education (MOE) that outlaws school visits in third term.
Speaking to journalists on Monday, the principal said the move to bar the six parents from accessing the school apparently did not go well with the girls who started shouting at the security guard to allow the visitors in.
It was then that the guard alerted the Principal who together with a few of the teachers present in school at the time responded to the commotion.
The move, she said, however, sparked further protests from the rest of the candidates who also started demanding that they too wanted to go home to replenish basic supplies.
The Principal while noting that the school is grounded on the principle of dialogue in resolving conflict said she directed the students to hold a students' council meeting and decide "if going home would be the right course for them at the moment."
She revealed that the students returned a "home" verdict following which 179 of the 212 candidates who are scheduled to sit for this year's Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations (KCSE) were released to go home on Sunday for one weak break even as 31 of their colleagues remained behind to undertake practical papers.
Two of the candidates who had registered at the centre are out on maternity grounds while the other students are already home after officially breaking for holidays on Saturday.