Girls lose hope of joining high school as they lack fees
Deborah Malual Apadiet, 16 who has been admitted to join Nakuru Girls High School during the interview at the Nation offices, Nakuru. Deborah who hails from South Sudan sat her KCPE exam at St John’s Primary School and scored 384 marks in the 2013 KCPE exam. She has been unable to raise the Sh80,985 required to join form one. PHOTO|MERCY GAKII.
What you need to know:
- Deborah scored 384 marks while Bridgid scored 380 marks in the 2013 KCPE exam.
- They have failed to report to the schools they were admitted to even as the deadline for reporting expired.
- Deborah who hails from South Sudan was required to pay Sh80,985 to join Nakuru Girls High School while Bridgid could not raise Sh73,990 required by Butere Girls High School.
- Contacted Tuesday, the administration at Butere Girls High School declined to comment on the matter.
Two girls from Nakuru have lost hope joining high school as they have been unable to raise the required fees.
The two Deborah Malual Apadiet, and Bridgid Wanjiru who scored 384 marks and 380 marks respectively in the 2013 KCPE exam have failed to report to the schools they were admitted to even as the deadline for reporting expired.
Deborah, 16 and her 14-year-old classmate Bridgid may have their dreams of pursuing further education shattered after their parents failed to raise the required fees.
Both did their KCPE exam at Nakuru’s St John’s Primary School.
Deborah who hails from South Sudan was required to pay Sh80,985 to join Nakuru Girls High School while Bridgid could not raise Sh73,990 required by Butere Girls High School.
Both institutions are national schools and all form one students were supposed to report a week ago on Thursday February 6, 2014.
According to the head teacher of St John’s Primary School, a public institution, Ms Benta Opiyo, the two girls who she described as extraordinarily bright are from very poor families and cannot afford to pay the fees required of them.
Deborah, whose dream is to become a medical doctor, lives in Nakuru with her aunt.
She said her father was killed in the early 1990’s while her mother is currently holed up in South Sudan amid the on-going internal conflict that has adversely affected normal lives.
Ms Opiyo said of Bridgid who wants to become an engineer: “Her mother sells mangoes and can barely raise enough money to provide for her family.”
Bridgid Wanjiru, 14, who scored 380 marks in the 2013 KCPE exam displays a letter of admission to Butere Girls High School. Wanjiru's mother sells mangoes and cannot afford to meet her expenses for education. She is required to pay Sh73,990 in order to be admitted to form one. PHOTO|MERCY GAKII.
LOST HOPE
The two girls visited the Nation office in Nakuru last week and said they have lost hope of joining their schools of choice after trying to raise money from their relatives in vain.
“I have no one to turn to and I have now lost hope of joining Butere Girls High SChool,” Bridgid lamented.
Her admission letter indicated that if she will not have reported to school by last week Thursday February 6, 2014 she would lose her vacancy.
Contacted Tuesday, the administration at Butere Girls High School declined to comment on the matter.
Deborah said she had reported to her new school where she was assured that her vacancy would be reserved for her if she got a sponsor to pay her fees.
However, she said she was unable to communicate with relatives back in South Sudan since they had fled from where they were staying following the current conflict.
