The strict nature of the national examinations calendar has in the past locked out students who fell sick or had other issues during the time of taking the exams.
Out of the 1,003,556 that registered to sit the exams, 993,718 sat the three-day examinations under tight security.
President Uhuru Kenyatta made the directive this morning when he met Education Secretary Fred Matiang’i.
Students unable to take national exams due to unavoidable circumstances can now heave a sigh of relief after the Ministry of Education was ordered to set special supplementary tests to cater to them.
President Uhuru Kenyatta made the directive when he met Education Secretary Fred Matiang’i and senior ministry officials at Harambee House before the release KCPE exam results this morning.
“The President has directed the CS and his Ministry to set special supplementary examinations, for a special cadre of students who because of compassionate reasons may usually have difficulty doing exams during the normal exams calendar,” State House spokesman Manoah Esipisu said in a statement on Tuesday.
Out of the 1,003,556 that registered to sit the exams this year, 993,718 sat the three-day examinations under tight security.
While the exact number of students who failed to either finish the exams or start it at all due to special needs cannot be put down to a number, the strict nature of the national examinations calendar has in the past locked out students who fell sick or had other issues at the time of taking exams.
These students, over the years, have had to re-register for the examinations and sit them the next time they are offered, albeit a year later.
“These special examinations may be undertaken by students who may be ill, lose their parents, or give birth during the normal examinations calendar,” Mr Esipisu said of the President’s directive.
“This is already the practice around the world. We have been lagging behind that and I think it is time to bridge the gap,” he added.
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