Massive failure in Kiswahili by schools in Coast baffles leaders

Headteachers pick up exam papers at Uhuru na Kazi building in Mombasa at the start of the 2020 KCPE exams in March. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

Leaders and education officials in Mombasa are concerned over the county’s dismal performance in Kiswahili in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) last year.

The leaders, who spoke at a meeting in Mvita sub-county on Monday, lamented that while Mombasa had distinguished itself as the headquarters of Kiswahili, it was worrying local candidates were failing in the subject.