By Hilton Mwabili
At least 100,849 sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) in the coastal region, out of whom 50,634 are girls.
Releasing the data recently, Coast Regional Education Director Adan Hussein said the number of girls is higher compared to that of boys.
He also announced that 49,982 candidate’s will sit for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), 23,831 of whom are girls.
Speaking in Mombasa, Hussein said public schools are leading with more of candidates compared to private schools at both primary and secondary levels.
“The exams are already in 44 containers in various parts of the coast and we warn those planning mischief to know that we will arrest them,” said Hussein.
The released data show that public schools have registered 4,859 boys and 42,284 girls for KCPE, while private schools have 8,356 boys and 8,350 girls registered, bringing the total to 16,706.
For secondary schools, out of 421 centres, private schools have registered 22,276 boys and 20,344, thus a total of 42,620 will sit their KCSE.
Coast Regional Commissioner John Elungata said the government had put more security emphasis on Lamu and Tana River counties owing to its recent terror threats.
“We have increased security personnel in areas that have security problems. This is because the government is determined to protect candidates and examiners and ensure the smooth flow of the examination process,” said Elungata.
Candidates and exam managers in all exam centres will be tightly protected to ensure a successful process.
The coast regional boss also announced that adequate transport arrangements had been made to facilitate easy movement of the examination papers and personnel to and from centres.
“The exams will be stored in containers under tight security. The Deputy County Commissioners (DCCs) and Sub-county Directors of Education (SCDE) are the only people allowed access,” said Elungata.
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) had earlier announced that 1, 2265, 507 and 831,015 KCPE and KCSE candidates had enrolled respectively.
The second set of exams for the 2022 candidates will be conducted in December. In addition, the pioneer CBC class will sit its final primary school assessment at Grade 6.
Those currently in Class 7 and Form 3 will sit their KCPE, KCSE examinations between November and December 2022. KCPE will run between November 28 and December 1 while KCSE will be done from December 1 to December 23, 2022.
