KCSE 2026: Candidates sit Biology Paper 2 and History and Government Paper 2 today

KCSE 2026: Candidates sit Biology Paper 2 and History and Government Paper 2 today
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Candidates sitting the 2026 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations will sit two papers today as the national assessment continues.
According to the daily timetable released by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), learners across the country will sit Biology Paper 2 in the morning and return for History and Government Paper 2 in the afternoon.
Examinations at centres nationwide start at 8am with the Biology theory paper. Candidates taking the standard 231/2 Biology paper and the 231/2 Large Print version have two hours and finish at 10am.

Visually impaired candidates sitting the 236/2 Biology Braille paper are given an additional 30 minutes and finish at 10:30am.

After the morning session, schools will observe a break until 2pm.
The afternoon session begins at 2pm with History and Government Paper 2. Learners taking the standard 311/2 paper and the 311/2 Large Print edition will write for two hours and 30 minutes, finishing at 4:30pm.

Candidates sitting the 311/2 Braille paper have three hours, bringing the day's national examination schedule to a close at 5pm.

Education officials and centre managers continue to enforce strict adherence to examination rules, reminding learners to be in their rooms well ahead of the start times and to keep all unauthorised materials away from examination areas.
In its daily morning update, KNEC wished all candidates well.






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