Category: Education
The highest candidate in this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination scored 428 out of 500 marks.Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu on Thursday released the results of the 1,406,557 candidates who sat their KCPE exams. Speaking at the new Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) headquarters in South B, Nairobi, CS Machogu noted […]
The 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results were released on Thursday by Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu. 1,406, 559 candidates undertook their KCPE exams and about 1.2 million did the KPSEA exams (Grade 6) between October 30 and November 1, marking the end of the 8-4-4 education system in primary schools. […]
The 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results will be released on Thursday, November 23, 2023. A statement from the Ministry of Education said the event will be officiated by CS Ezekiel Machogu at the Kenya National Examinations Council’s new Mitihani House in South “C” . The 2023 cohort was the last […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has said learners who sat the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams will know their results before the end of next week. Machogu said marking of the exam papers is already complete. “We have done the marking and it is finished and we are going to release the […]
An alternative funding programme for university students has been launched in the country to assist students who cannot afford higher education fees to study and pay back when they get employment. The Income Share Agreement (ISA) which will be run by Chancen International, a non-profit organization providing education financing for young people in Africa, […]
Candidates in class eight and those in grade six will today begin their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) examinations. The exercise has already kicked off countrywide as Education ministry officials and exam supervisors availed themselves at exam collection centres this morning. President Ruto is expected […]
After 38 years, the curtains will finally fall on the Kenya Certificate for Primary Education Examinations (KCPE) exams as the last cohort sits the tests.Some 1,415, 315 candidates will sit the last KCPE beginning Monday as the nearly four decades old 8-4-4 system is phased out. The ministry is replacing the 8-4-4 curriculum with […]
The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education has commenced today with candidates sitting for their practical papers first. The national exam is set to run till November 24 ending with Physics practicals. 903,260 candidates registered for this year’s KCSE and the candidates shall sit their practical papers this week till Friday, October 27. The practical exams […]
The Ministry of Education has announced a new grading system for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations that is expected to increase the number of students pursuing Tertiary education. According to Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, “effective this year, only two mandatory subjects will be required for computing the mean grade.” However, […]
The new funding model for higher education has remained to be a mind-bending proposal for a large section of University and Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions entrants. In the model announced by President William Ruto in May 2023, the government seeks to channel higher education funds directly to individual students based on […]