By Roy Hezron
Early Learning and Basic Education Principal Secretary Dr. Julius Jwan has assured parents and guardians that all Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates will get Form One placement in June this year in line with the government’s 100 per cent transition policy.
Speaking in Nakuru on March 24, 2021 while supervising the opening of examination containers before touring several examination centres in the county, Jwan said the Education Ministry had developed a fair criteria to ensure form-one placement process was objective and transparent.
Dr. Jwan noted that he was impressed by center managers, invigilators and security personnel who had ensured that the candidates wrote their exam papers under strict health protocols to curb the spread of the virus.
He also confirmed that no case of Covid-19 ill candidates had been reported during the exercise.
The government had earlier indicated that students who might fall sick with Covid-19 symptoms during the exam period will have to do the test in isolation rooms.
Dr Jwan said they had recorded eight cases of candidates in Nyamira-Borabu who had not been registered for examination after private institutions they were learning in were closed down.
“We undertook the necessary procedures and ensured that the candidates did not miss out on their examination by having the government pay for their registration as it had done for the rest of the candidates,” he revealed.
This year’s KCPE examination were postponed from November last year following prolonged closure of schools ordered by President Uhuru Kenyatta in March 2020 after the first case of the deadly Covid-19 was reported in the country.
Dr Jwan said the Ministry was adequately prepared to administer Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations whose rehearsals kick off on March 25, 2021.
