Secondary schools to absorb all KCPE candidates next year, PS

Principal Secretary Education, Ministry of Education Science and Technology Dr. Richard Belio Kipsang ( center) with Rift Valley regional coordinator Wanyama Musiambo (second right) at St Marys Girls primary school Nakuru overseeing the opening of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination papers on October 31,2017.Photo:Kipsang Joseph/standard

The Government has assured parents that all KCPE candidates who sat their exams this week will get slots in secondary schools.

Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang said all 1,003,556 candidates would transit to secondary school and would be the first lot to benefit from free secondary education set to start in January 2018.