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KCPE candidates at NYS Primary School in Gilgil, Nakuru County on October 29, 2019. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]
A candidate died and more than ten others wrote their examination in hospital as this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams kicked off across the country, yesterday.
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha who was in Mombasa and Kwale to supervise the start of KCPE, said helicopters would be used to evacuate stranded candidates and deliver materials to remote and flood-hit parts of Coast region.
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