The government has put on standby six choppers to help in ferrying the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations in far flung and border areas of the North Eastern region. Some of the areas that are far from the main distributions centres include Galmagala in Garissa, Diff and Harar in Wajir and Kotulo and Arabia in Mandera. Each of the three counties of the region will have access to two choppers when the need arises. This year, 22,244 students in the North eastern are sitting for the KCSE examination out of which 16,919 are from public schools and 5,325 from private schools. North eastern regional Director for Education Adan Roble said that no challenges have been reported so far and that the expectation is that everything will run smoothly.
A total of 10,851 candidates are sitting for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams in Laikipia County this year. Laikipia County Director of Education Reverend Francis Shikanda speaking during the exam container opening in Nanyuki told media that there were 143 centres with 132 and 11 for both public and private schools respectively.
‘’Laikipia county has 10,325 candidates for public schools, 526 for private students who are sitting for exams in 143 centres,” noted Shikanda. He pointed out that all measures to curb malpractices have put in place, while at the same urging the center managers to adhere to them for credible exams.
Examination centre managers double check examination papers during the KSCE distribution exercise at the Nyeri central sub-county exam container yesterday. According to the new guidelines issued by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), examinations will be collected twice every day. The centre managers are expected to collect the first paper in the morning and after it has been completed, it will be returned to the container at noon as they collect the second exam.
Over 120,000 candidates in Central Region are sitting for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2024. The Central Regional Director of Education, Sabina Aroni, assured that all necessary measures are in place for a smooth examination process. “We are strictly adhering to the set exam regulations and procedures,” she stated in an interview with KNA. This year, the region—which includes Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Murang’a, Nyandarua, and Nyeri—has registered a total of 122,421 candidates, with 59,456 males and 62,965 females. Kiambu County leads with 39,159 candidates, followed by Murang’a with 31,651. Nyeri has 20,363 candidates, while Nyandarua and Kirinyaga counties have 16,809 and 14,439 candidates, respectively. Additionally, 1,588 adults will sit for the examinations as private candidates. Unlike previous years, KNEC has organised a single examination centre per county for these candidates.
A total of 26,989 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates in Migori County will be sitting for their exams this morning.
Migori County has 312 examination centres in 12 sub-counties, and 14 examination containers are spread throughout the county. Migori County Commissioner Kisilu Mutua who oversaw the opening of the Suna East Sub County container said security has been beefed up to ensure the examination runs smoothly.
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