Number of candidates with special needs goes up

Ten more candidates with special needs sat last year's KCSE examination compared to 2014.

In total, 1,100 students with special needs sat the examination in 2015. The group included candidates who are visually impaired, those with low vision, physically impaired and those with hearing impairment.

Across the 47 counties, 91 of the candidates were blind, an increase from last year's 86. Some 269 had low vision, marking a drop from last year's 272 candidates.

Also, 363 candidates were physically-impaired compared to last year's 402. Candidates with hearing impairment were 377, marking an increase from 330 in 2014.

Kiambu County had the highest number of visually-impaired candidates (42), a slight decrease from 43 in 2014. Meru County followed with 16 candidates, a decrease from 13 in 2014.

Kiambu and Nairobi counties had the highest number of candidates with low vision. The two counties had 27 low vision candidates each, a slight drop for 26 in each of the counties in 2014.

The highest number of candidates with hearing impairment was recorded in Migori (56). Nyeri was second with 52 candidates, an increase from 41 in 2014