Over 1.4 million candidates sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and their results are expected to be released by the end of this month. The Ministry of Education has in a nutshell done so in order to pave way for the secondary placement before Christmas holiday.
Following the current cost of living in the country, the move by the Ministry of Education is meant to give parents and guardians ample time to have proper preparations amid school fees and other items that will be required during admission.
Briefing after visiting Naivasha Secondary School in Nakuru on Friday 10, Basic Education Principal Secretary Dr Belio Kipsang said that marking of the KCPE exams had kicked off and that parents and candidates to expect results a couple of weeks to come.
“We can release this results in a good time to allow us to place our children in schools. They need to go into Christmas holidays as they celebrate and aware that they have responsibilities to take care of in January,” said PS Kipsang.
They will have known the schools the children have been placed, the fees expectations and all that”. He continued.
Following the malpractices and alleged exam cheating in the undergoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), the PS empasized that this years’ tests are the most guarded with government officials actively taking part in exams monitoring. He said that the government has increased surveillance of KCSE examinations.
