Over 2.5 million candidates on Monday, November 28, 2022, started sitting for two national examinations – the Kenya Certificate of Primary School Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA).
The standard eight pupils are doing KCPE under the 8-4-4 system while Grade 6 learners are sitting for KPSEA under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
But while the exercise started across the country, at least 52 primary schools in Turbo, Uasin Gishu County, failed to pick examination papers for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA).
This was revealed by Education Principal Secretary Julius Jwan when he presided over the exam distribution in the sub-county.
Jwan however said the 52 schools might have closed down during the Covid-19 period.
“Registration for KPSEA took place in Grade 3 as we started preparations earlier. These schools closed down and learners moved to other schools,” the PS said.
At the height of the pandemic that saw learning halted for over a year, some private schools ended up being closed due to financial challenges.
But even as the 52 schools failed to pick their papers for KPSEA, the Education PS has assured that they will be kept safe to ensure they are not used to leaking the examination to other candidates.
“The papers not picked will be kept secure in the container. If we find there is any centre with fewer papers and need extra, we can use them,” noted Jwan.
Uasin Gishu has 707 examination centres for 29,472 KCPE candidates and 848 KPSEA centres for 29,042 Grade 6 learners.
There are a further 37 inmates eight of who are women sitting for KCPE at Eldoret GK Prisons and Ngeria Prisons.
