A section of Kisumu county parents and residents have faulted the form one selection process and accused Education Cabinet Secretary Prof Jacob Kaimenyi of being tribal in the whole process.
The angry residents said that there was malice in the abolishment of the ranking of both candidates and schools saying that the move was meant to favour other regions while neglecting others.
Speaking during a press release at Jomo Kenyatta sports ground in Kisumu, they accused the government of working out plans to neglect regions perceived to be Cord strongholds.
“There are concerns from the national schools around this region that the system of form one selection isn’t fair especially to our children.
Kisumu Girls High School for instance, was given 40 students with less than 300 marks and them all hail from central Kenya. The school even has a student with 209 marks yet our children with over 380 marks have been selected to join a lower standard schools,” read the chairman of Kisumu City Residents’ Voice Association, Audi Ogada.
Kisumu Business Coalition Chairman Israel Agina said that the abolishment of ranking of schools and candidates created a leeway for what he termed as ‘educational corruption’.
“Currently, there is an upsurge of parents running into schools desperately looking for chances for their children who had performed extremely well yet have been admitted to lower standards schools while we have low performers from other regions being admitted to our schools. I see this as a move to weaken our schools, no wonder the government abolished ranking of both schools and candidates,” said Agina.