KCPE results to be released on 23rd March 2022 (in two weeks)
Magoha said marking started immediately after the first three papers were submitted.
In Summary
This year the council registered 1,225,507 candidates in 28,316 KCPE examination centres.
KNEC has initiated a command and call centre that will be used for communication and monitoring of the exams.
Candidates who finished their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams on Wednesday will know their fate in two weeks.
Education CS George Magoha said marking started on Monday, and day one papers have already been marked.
“If we challenge ourselves, the results will come out within fourteen days,” Magoha said.
The pupils started with Mathematics, Composition, and English on Monday, Kiswahili Lugha, Insha and Science on Tuesday.
Magoha said marking started immediately after the first three papers were submitted.
He spoke while supervising the distribution of exams at Kamukunji Deputy County Commissioners Office.
He later visited Eastleigh Primary and Ansaaru Sunna Group of schools in Eastleigh.
“We started marking two days ago, actually on the first day, and going by the progress, we shall spend similar time like we did last year,” Magoha said.
KNEC has initiated a command and call centre that will be used for communication and monitoring of the exams.
The toll-free lines are 0800 724 900 and 0800 721 410.
Knec has also put in place programmes that will guide the assessment of oral exams, distribution of materials during exams and return of answer scripts.
This year the council registered 1,225,507 candidates in 28,316 KCPE examination centres as compared to 1,191,752 candidates in 28,467 centres in 2020.
This reflects an increase of 33,755 representing 2.75 per cent.
KCPE exam centres will be served from 491 distribution centres while KCSE exam centres will be served from 483 distribution centres.
26 Lamu KCPE candidates fail to sit exam
The recent al Shabaab terror attacks in the region have been blamed.
•The attacks between January 2 and 9 led to the death of 15 people while thousands were displaced.
•Lamu county education director Joshua Kaaga said the candidates did not show up in their various centres.
Lamu county deputy county commissioner Charles Kitheka opens the exam container in Lamu island.
Lamu county deputy county commissioner Charles Kitheka opens the exam container in Lamu island.
At least 26 KCPE candidates in Lamu have not sat their exam.
The recent al Shabaab terror attacks in the region have been blamed.
The attacks between January 2 and 9 led to the death of 15 people while thousands were displaced.
Lamu county education director Joshua Kaaga said the candidates did not show up in their various centres.
He said some candidates didn’t show up as their families had migrated shortly after the attacks.
“Some of the missing candidates had sat the exams last year and failed and thereafter registered this year but changed their minds,” Kaaga said.
He said some students decided to join TVETs instead of having to sit the exams twice. Others moved away with their parents.
This year, there are no special cases in Lamu where students are sitting for exams while pregnant, sick, or in hospitals.
Meanwhile, Lamu has in recent years recorded great strides in the number of girls enrolling in school.
This is revealed by the number of girls currently sitting for KCSE and just concluded KCPE exams compared to previous years.
Some 3,661 candidates, 1,845 boys and 1,816 girls sat the KCPE exams in Lamu.
“The range between the boys and girls is very small. We’re almost achieving gender parity in terms of pupils’ enrolment and access to education across the county,” Kaaga said.