A candidate for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is at risk of missing the national exam after being suspended by her school for having chewing gum in her bag.
The form four student was found with the gum during a routine search when pupils returned from the mid-term break.
According to her mother, the gum was left in the bag by mistake, an error, she says, that her daughter has admitted to.
The school administration also demanded chewing gum for all 580 students at the institution, worth about KSh16,800, before her daughter can be allowed back.
