The story was brought to our attention by Citizen TV where the father was in tears after Starehe Boys rejected the student claiming that there was a form they had not filled and even worse, saying the father was unruly in the school premises.
The story caught the attention of the Government and the Education CS Amina Mohammed on Monday who said the boy, who scored 417 marks in the 2018 KCSE exam, will be admitted to Mang’u High School immediately.
that issue has been resolved and the student who was going to Starehe has been posted to Mang’u
The parents of the boy were on the verge of desperation after Starehe Boy’s Centre turned them away with all his belongings. For over a week, the boy and his parents were forced to sleep in a hotel room in Nairobi, having traveled from their home in Isiolo.
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According to the Acting Centre Director, Josphat Mwaura said the child had not been selected to join the school but was merely one of 24 students that had been recommended for consideration by the ministry.
He said the school admitted 23 and left out Babu’s child after the parents failed to fill requisite forms.
