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| Kakamega Primary School Head Teacher David Ikunza addresses KCPE candidates [PHOTO: BENJAMIN SAKWA/STANDARD] |
Close to 900,000 primary school candidates start writing their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations this morning, as authorities assured security had been heightened in regions grappling with sporadic attacks.
The examinations involving some 889, 107 candidates battling for Form One places next year will take place in approximately 24,278 examination centres across the country. The Standard Eight candidates are scheduled to tackle Mathematics and English papers on the first day of the examinations that run through to Thursday.
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