PHOTO CAPTION: Sad scenes of discrimination at the Kabete National Polytechnic as students with outstanding fee balances were cordoned off from the government technical institute Students at the Kabete National Polytechnic have accused inconsiderate administration officials of discriminating against scholars from disadvantaged backgrounds.
They strongly oppose a newly introduced study programme that includes a much more expensive fee structure, which a majority of their guardians can barely afford.
Interestingly, news of the latest learning schedule was presented just two weeks after their admission in late September 2022.
In the puzzling turn of events, the students were instructed to go home and prepare to study the rest of the syllabus, which would be taught via online classes.
This week, the tune seems to have suddenly changed.
The national technical institution has now ordered a “zero fee balance” for all students.
To make good on their demand, on Friday, October 21, all students with a fee balance were barred from accessing the school campus along Waiyaki Way.
Guards forced everyone to prove proof of clearance in order to go through the main gate. “Hi Nyakundi, help us expose this fee heist happening at Kabete National Polytechnic. We have a few weeks ago, so we have just covered the first topics for every unit. The problem is, the institution wants all first-years to go back home and do online learning until September. That will be an extra cost. Our parents are struggling to pay full school fees, so introducing online classes will be discrimination. Kindly help us voice this. Now they are demanding for zero fee balance for one to access the institution,” a source told us.
The students have condemned the sickening injustice and called for urgent intervention before things get out of hand.
We are reliably informed that a section of unhappy students is already planning to escalate their verbal protests into physical demonstrations.
They insist their voice must be heard.