Storm over KCPE marks as private schools reject results

One of the top-performing pupils in the recently released KCPE results, Kamau Brenna Wangui of Hillside School Utawala. She scored 424 marks. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

A storm is brewing over the marks awarded to learners in private schools three weeks after the release of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results.

Private schools have mounted pressure on the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) to explain the scores, which the schools believe disadvantaged their learners.