Missing and Not Found: 69 Candidates Skip KCSE Exams Due to Malicious Reasons

If you expected a 100% turn up in the ongoing KCSE examinations then you are in for a rude shock. In Nakuru County alone 69 out of 35,801 registered KCSE candidates  failed to turn up for the examinations that started Monday morning. This is according to County Education Director Isaac Atebe.

The County Education Director also added that seven other candidates are sitting their exams in hospitals where they are admitted.

At the same time, Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Mongo Chimwaga has said security has been beefed up in all examination centres in areas that were recently rocked by communal clashes  such as Njoro and Molo, Olpusimoru in Narok and along the borders of Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet and West Pokot counties.

Education CS Amina Mohammed earlier allayed fears that the examinations would be marred by cheating by promising that her ministry will deliver clean exams.

The CS on Monday led the opening of KCSE exam storage containers in Mombasa.

At least 664,585 candidates wrote their Mathematics paper in the morning. Chemistry is slated for afternoon.

Amina further ordered quality assurance officers to furnish the ministry with reports on the state of teen pregnancies in schools.

The CS said the rising number of candidates delivering during the national exams was wanting.

“We must have this conversation (about teenage pregnancies). We cannot bury our heads in the sand,” she said.

“We are working on a policy on teenage pregnancy which will be rolled out soon.”

The CS said she will hold talks with her Health counterpart Sicily Kariuki to put up facilities in hospitals to be used by candidates sitting exams while seeking treatment.

Cases of teen pregnancies have been on the rise with the just concluded KCPE examinations revealing some shocking statistics with Kilifi county apparently leading in the pregnancies.

Over 13,000 pregnancies were recorded among girls aged between 10-19 in the last one year in Kilifi County.

In a statement issued on Monday, Kilifi Children Affairs Coordinator George Migosi said over the last one year, the County Health department recorded 13,624 pregnancies among teenage girls aged between 15-19.

Security has been tightened all over the country and especially in examination centers to ensure the integrity of the ongoing test is not compromised.

The 664,585 candidates began with Mathematics paper 1 in the morning and later sit Chemistry paper I in the afternoon, with the examination set to continue until November 28.

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