The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) is calling for clearer legal guidelines governing when schools can bar students from graduation ceremonies, following the controversial case of a Holland High School honour student who was prevented from graduating despite being selected to deliver the keynote address at the school's valedictory service.

The appeal comes after The Gleaner reported on 16-year-old Khadedra Worrell, an honour student, prefect and student leader, who was excluded from last month's graduation ceremony because she did not sit the school's mandatory Grade Nine Electronic Document Preparation and Management (EDPM) examination.

Worrell, who maintained an average above 80 per cent and was recommended to sit eight Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) subjects this year, said she spent graduation day in tears while her classmates collected their diplomas.