Unregistered Private School Fails to Register 23 Candidates for National Exams

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To make matters worse, it has emerged that Silver Bell Academy, which has been operational for 19 years, is not registered with the Ministry of Education.

Silver Bell Academy Failed to register 23 Candidates for KIPSEA exams. Photo/Citizen Digital.

By Jessica Nyaboke

At least 23 candidates from Silver Bell Academy in Eldoret will not sit for this year’s Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KIPSEA) after it was discovered that the private academy failed to register them for the national exams.

The Grade Six students, attending the school in Kimumu Estate on the outskirts of Eldoret town, were left devastated when they learned that the school had not submitted their names for the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) exams.

To make matters worse, it has emerged that Silver Bell Academy, which has been operational for 19 years, is not registered with the Ministry of Education.

Uasin Gishu County Police Commander Benjamin Mwanthi confirmed that the school’s principal and director have been arrested in connection with the incident. According to Mwanthi, the school, which currently has 279 students, began as a daycare center before being converted into a full private academy.

The two suspects were apprehended by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and taken to Ainabtich Police Station in Moiben Sub-County following protests from affected students and their parents.

“We have detained the principal and director of the private school to assist with investigations regarding their failure to register candidates for this year’s KIPSEA national exams,” Mwanthi said.

Initially, the principal informed the students on Monday that their examination materials had been misplaced but assured them that they would still be able to sit the KNEC exams. However, on Tuesday, the principal presented what he claimed were examination papers sent from Nairobi.

It was later discovered that these papers were counterfeit, printed at a local cybercafé and altered to resemble official KNEC examination materials, which had been distributed to schools across the country.

Mwanthi confirmed that the fake exam papers were seized and will be used as evidence in the ongoing investigation. The Ministry of Education and KNEC officials were reportedly still in a crisis meeting as of the time of reporting.

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