KCPE Candidates Who Missed Exams to Be Placed in Secondary
KCPE Candidates Who Missed Exams to Be Placed in Secondary
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu revealed during the release of the 2023 KCPE Examination that about 2,000 students who were unable to take part in the exams in 2023 will have the chance to enroll in Form 1 and then take a qualifying exam.
Although it was initially stated that 9,000 candidates who failed the main exam would receive a make-up exam, an audit revealed that only 2,000 eligible learners had been found.
CS Machogu explained that since the number located was insufficient to warrant a national examination, the 2,000 candidates would be integrated into Form One starting January 8th, 2024. They will be permitted to take qualifying examinations later, although the specific criteria for placing these learners are yet to be clarified.
Candidates for the KCPE are traditionally ranked according to their merit and personal preferences. Before taking the tests, candidates usually choose at least two national schools to which they would like to be admitted for Form One. But a candidate’s strengths and shortcomings are not taken into account throughout the selection process.
In order to help them qualify for the KCSE exam, CS Machogu underlined that the 2,000 students will take the KCPE exam in Form 3. By the time students reach Form Three, he recommended them to make sure they sit for individual qualifying examinations and instructed the Council to produce more recommendations regarding the Entry Examination.
The government’s aim of attaining a 100% primary to secondary school transition is made more dubious by the whereabouts of the remaining 7,000 students. Kenya’s 2018 adoption of the Policy on Universal Access to Basic Education seeks to guarantee that every child enrols in primary school and completes secondary education, with a transition rate of 100%.
