The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET)
KUPPET Supports Proposal To Allow Hospitalised Students Skip National Exams
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Kilifi branch teachers' association has backed a proposal to allow sick students taking national exams to be nursed until they recover, rather than having the exams administered in hospital.
The proposal was made by Julius Melly, chairman of the National Assembly's Education Committee, who stated that it is unfair to burden an ailing student who has been hospitalized with exams, arguing that the candidates can be given supplementary exams after recovering.
"Some students may be sick and some girls may have given birth. We need to come up with a better policy. You can't give exams to a sick person in hospital. You can't give exams t...