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Early marriages, teen pregnancies linked to students skipping KCPE

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In 2019, at least 5,530 Standard Eight candidates missed the examination. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Concern has been raised over the increasing number of students, who fail to sit the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination despite registering.

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