Members of Parliament have accused the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) of going against the government’s order of removing fees charged before registering students for exams.
Speaking in parliament, MPs Johnson Sakaja, David Ochieng and Emmanuel Wangwe said that KNEC had issued a circular to headteachers on July 10, demanding that they charge fees for any changes on KCPE and KCSE registration forms.
The headteachers are reportedly supposed to charge Sh500 on name changes and Sh 3,000 for subject reviews.
The legislators claimed it is a council’s crafty way of charging registration fees.
This goes against the government’s directive to schools to cease imposing such fees on their candidates.
Early this year, the government said it would pay registration that it would pay examination fees only for candidates in schools that are receiving free primary and subsidized secondary education funds.
