Let learners obey rules, parents told
What you need to know:
- The judge also asked parents to teach their children to obey school rules. She said not any complaint amounted to a constitutional violation, adding that suing schools every time a parent had a grievance amounted to misuse of courts.
- The woman sued the school and the Education Cabinet Secretary following the expulsion of her child on Wednesday last week.
A High Court judge has asked a parent who sued a school for expelling her child because of wearing a mini skirt to settle the matter out of court.
Lady Justice Mumbi Ngugi told the lawyer for the mother of the Form Four candidate, Stephanie Mwanza Gachie, to agree to hold talks with St Mary’s School, Lang’ata.
The judge also asked parents to teach their children to obey school rules. She said not any complaint amounted to a constitutional violation, adding that suing schools every time a parent had a grievance amounted to misuse of courts.
“The parent and the school should hold talks and return with a possible consent on Thursday,” Lady Justice Ngugi said.
MARCHING ORDERS
The woman sued the school and the Education Cabinet Secretary following the expulsion of her child on Wednesday last week.
The schoolgirl will be commuting from her home in Eastleigh as she sits for her national examination.
The student was allegedly summoned by the school deputy principal and two other teachers in the presence of her mother on a day set aside for candidates’ prayers and received marching orders.
Mr Gachie told the court that the girl’s Kiswahili teacher, who is part of the disciplinary council, held a grudge against the 17-year-old and had vowed to punish her at the approach of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.
