A candidate in last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination has moved to a Mombasa Court to sue the examination council.
The former student of a school in Kwale County, who got a mean grade of D+, has sued the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) for denying him request for re-marking of his test papers.
Through lawyer Lucy Momanyi, the student told the court that he was a bright student and that Knec failed to provide any legitimate basis to deny his request.
The petitioner wants the court to compel Knec to remark his papers saying that last year was his second time to sit the examination, having also done the test in 2016, where he scored C-.
“The petitioner is a bright student and, after repeating the 2016 examination, he has more than doubled his efforts and was expecting no less than a B+ in 2017 results. The young man has high ambitions and actions of the respondents have greatly affected him,” said the lawyer as quoted by Daily Nation.
Knec had argued that a re-mark and scrutiny of KCSE answer sheets will compromise the independence of the 2017 examinations.
Lawyer Momanyi however argued that the former student has a right to demand for re-mark and scrutiny of his transcripts.
The lawyer further argued that the examination council will not agree to re-mark his papers without a court order.
Justice Eric Ogola directed the Attorney-General, who has also been sued by the petitioner, to file his submissions within 14 days.
The case will be heard on April 19.