Five national schools were involved in exam irregularities despite admitting top students. Taita-Taveta and Lamu counties reported zero ca...
Eight counties registered highest number of female candidates. The counties are; Taita-taveta, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga, Meru, Tharaka-Nithi,Kiambu, Nyeri and Murang’a counties. Garissa and Mandera counties
recorded highest in gender disparity in 2014 KCSE exam. In Garissa, 72 % of the candidates were boys and girls were at 28 % boys while Mandera was at 71 % for male and 29 % females. Kaimenyi decried an
increase in under age candidates which stood at 1.9% compared to 1.3 % in 2013.
The candidates are the first beneficiaries of Free Primary Education, which was introduced in 2003 when they enrolled in Standard One and joined Form one in 2011. See also: D-Day as 450,000 candidates await
KCSE results The cabinet secretary said dropout rate in secondary education remains a challenge.
521, 621 candidates were admitted to secondary schools in 2011 while 483, 630 candidates sat for KCSE examination in 2014. This represented an overall wastage of 7.85%. Factors cited for the high dropout rates
include child labour, child abuse and retrogressive cultural practices eg Female Genital Mutilation. In addition, Kaimenyi sounded a warning alarm to head teachers, who are still withholding student certificates despite government’s directive last year, which ordered for the release of all withheld certificates. He said it is against KNEC Act to withhold the certificates and said those found culpable after investigation, will face a disciplinary measure as per provisions of the laws in Kenya.
Earlier on, Education Principal Secretary Dr. Bellio Kipsang announced that the government had released funds for exam registration of candidates in public schools. Head teachers were also urged to adhere to
fees structure guidelines issued by the government to ensure all Kenyans access education irrespective of their backgrounds. In a bid to encourage students to enrol for technical courses, Kaimenyi said the government is revamping and equipping 60 technical traininginstitutes in the 60 constituencies countrywide. Parents and students who sat for the 2014 KCSE exams can access the results by sending index
number to 22252 or logging into KNEC website, www.knec.co.ke.