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For a 15-year-old aspirant from Joyland Special Primary School in Vihiga County, having different talents didn’t slow her down.
Class VIII student wowed her teachers by cracking national exams effortlessly using her toes.
They are among more than 1.2 million learners who sat for the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) which started on Monday, November 28.
KCPE candidates at Moi Nyeri Complex Primary School on Tuesday 8th March 2022.
Ministry of Education
According to her teachers, many candidates with disabilities live in the school.
“It takes time but the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has given differently abled students an extra 30 minutes to complete their exams,” said Miriam Obiro KNEC supervisor.
According to Austin Munyendo, the school physiotherapist, her limbs are perfect for doing the work of her hands.
“The reason behind the student not being able to write the correct organs is because of the paralytic condition,” Munyendo explained.
As a physiotherapist, he ensures that stiff joints move, muscles develop and any child uses adaptive means.
However, teachers at the school lamented the delay in funds from the government to help cater for differently-abled students.
“Funding is not timely, so sometimes we go beyond borrowing,” lamented head teacher Opari Anthony.
He added that parents need to be sensitized so that children with disabilities can be given priority.
KNEC also caters to visually and hearing impaired candidates. The council has made available three different examination timetables namely Normal, Large Print and Braille.
In 2020, special needs KCPE candidates outperformed their counterparts in 2019. The top student of 2020 scored 420 while the top student of 2019 scored 414.
“The performance in the 2020 KCPE is commendable and underscores that children with special needs can excel given a fair and supportive environment,” said then Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha.
Former Education CS George Magoha addresses the congregation at the Chuka University graduation ceremony on Friday, October 14, 2022.
Ministry of Education
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