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Ensure pregnant candidates transition into higher levels

St Charles Mutego Educational centre students in preparation for the KCSE exams [David Gichuru, Standard]

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha announced that 652 candidates sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination in health facilities after giving birth.

This is in addition to the equally worrying number of young girls who sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination while pregnant.

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