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Education CS Fred Matiang’i exam reforms hit top Mount Kenya schools hard

Education CS Fred Matiang'i during the release of 2016 KCSE exam results at Shimo La Tewa in Mombasa. (Photo: Gideon Maundu/Standard)

The tough reforms in the national schools examinations dealt a devastating blow to schools that were previously the top performing ones in Mt Kenya East.

Results compiled by schools through the Kenya National Examination Council’s short messaging service showed no school in the entire Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties had any student who achieved a straight A.

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