Frank Macharia, one of the 1.4 million candidates who sat for KCPE in 2023 is a depressed boy.
According to the family of the teenager, who hails from Embu county, their son is contemplating suicide after receiving 371 marks.
This was way below his expectation and the family has been forced to take him through counselling “to help him come out of the shock.”
Macharia’s father, Joseph Kang’ethe says that he is not convinced that those are his rightful marks.
He added that their efforts to persuade him into accepting the results have not bore any fruits.
“Frank’s mother Mercy Wambui says that since the day the results were announced her son has been locking himself inside his room,” a local media house reported.
The family has since been forced to keep an eye on Macharia full time to ensure that he is safe, as he had threatened to go to the highway and get hit by a vehicle
His mother has since stopped going to work to watch over him.
Macharia however wants KNECÂ to review his marks so that he can be contented.
Macharia is among the many candidates, schools, parents as well as other Kenyans who were unconvinced by the 2023 KCPE results.
Several petitions have been filed in court, seeking a review of the results as others sought to block the form one placement exercise that kicked off this week, until the results issues have been handled.
“The constitution should never allow errors of administrative bodies to affect the rights of students/children, who are the future of this country,” one of the petitions by a Nakuru resident, identified as Magara Gikenyi, read.
“The errors by the respondents have effectively changed (for the worse) the trajectory of life for all these students. This is a great injustice. This honourable court and the society at large cannot countenance this behavior,” the petitioner added.
Respondents in the case include Education CS Ezekiel Machogu, KNEC and the Attorney General.
