A record 1.5 million to sit this year’s KCPE and KCSE exams, KNEC says

Mombasa ACK Bishop Julius Kalu seen here with KCPE candidates from St. Augustine Preparatory School in prayers ahead of their final examinations in 2015. This year's KCPE exams are scheduled for November 1. [PHOTO FILE/STANDARD].

NAIROBI: It is now official that some 1.5 million children will sit this year's national examinations scheduled to kick off in November 1.

These are the candidates that education Cabinet secretary Fred Matiang'i said must prepare because 'the examinations this year shall be administered under different circumstances.'