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Herald Correspondent
AFTER a nerve-wrecking 15-day wait, 40 learners from Knowstics Academy have finally received their Cambridge Ordinary Level results.
The results were withheld by the British Council due to allegations that the school’s authorities embezzled more than US$40 000 in examination fees.
The students’ situation was made even more challenging when Lower Sixth classes began on Monday, January 26, while their results were still being withheld.
This meant that they were left behind as their peers started their new academic journey, and they were only able to access their results on Friday, January 31.
As a result, some of these students are now facing a daunting task of finding a place in Lower Six, two weeks after their peers had already secured theirs.
The school’s corporate rescue practitioner, Mr Bhudhama Chikamhi, confirmed the latest development yesterday.
“The results were released on Friday 31 January,” he said. “We did not pay the balance; however, we made a payment plan with the British Council.”
In a circular released on January 16 this year, Knowstics Group of Schools told parents and stakeholders that the British Council was yet to release O Level Cambridge results for 2024 as they were suspecting that the school’s former management had embezzled funds.
“The purpose of this communiqué is to advise parents and stakeholders that the British Council has not released the Form Four Cambridge results because the former management of the school appears to have embezzled the examination fees as the examination fees paid by the parents were not paid to British Council,” reads part of the statement.
The incident occurred barely a month after Knowstics Academy was placed under corporate rescue in a bid to revamp its operations and restore its reputation.
This development also comes amid revelations that the top private school has been battling an avalanche of legal suits from disgruntled staffers and service providers since 2023. In that year, the non-payment of staff members was reported to the National Employment Council for Welfare and Educational Institutions.
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