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Two KCSE candidates commit suicide over poor results

Education CS Amina Mohamed (second left) flanked by PS Belio Kipsang (left), Knec chairman Prof George Magoha and CEO Mercy Karogo (right) during the release of 2018 KCSE results in Nairobi on December 21, 2018. [David Njaaga,Standard]

Two students who sat this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination have committed suicide in two separate incidents after failing the exam.

One of the students committed suicide in Nyamache Sub County, Kisii County.

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