Fourth-year students of the University of Nairobi (UoN) on Thursday stormed their dean’s office at Lower Kabete Campus.
This action was prompted by their names being excluded from the graduation list, which is a significant concern for students nearing the completion of their academic programs.
The over 200 students marched to the dean’s office and demanded immediate action just a day ahead of the graduation ceremony which was slated to be held on Friday, December 13.
According to the distraught students, the exclusion of their names came as a shocker to them arguing they had fulfilled all the requirements for one to graduate.
A photo of the University of Nairobi Main Campus
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University of Nairobi
Videos that have since gone viral showed the students forcing their way into the dean’s office, crumbling to present their complaints.
Desperate efforts by the security guards to bar the students from entering the dean’s office did not bear fruit as the students overpowered them.
The students blamed some of the lecturers for their mishaps speculating some missing marks were the reason for their names being struck out from the final list.
While there are many reasons that may lead to one’s name not being included on the list, the students wanted to know what had led to them being locked out of the list.
Missing marks is one of the major impediments plaguing most campus students, especially in public institutions.
In the prior years, the government indicated that it would investigate and crack down on universities that registered many cases of missing marks which has caused a lot of students to delay their graduation.
The government has been of the opinion that it was unfair for students to fail to graduate due to mistakes made by lecturers and the university administration.
In October 2023, Multimedia University students paralysed learning activities protesting over missing marks. Universities majorly attribute missing marks to part-time lecturers who quit before submitting student scores.
University of Nairobi students at a graduation ceremony in December 2019.
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