Knec data shows that 1.78 million candidates were registered to sit the 2019 examinations, whose registration deadline was February 15. Of these, 1,089,671 were KCPE candidates while 698,935 students registered for KCSE, from all the 10,304 centers. This means that only 746,755 candidates have validly been registered to sit the KCPE examinations while only 670,222 candidates can sit the KCSE tests. “We have listed several cases where schools manipulated the birth registration data to register candidates,” said Dr Karogo. She insisted that parents, candidates and school heads of the affected centers must validate the registration data.

Source: Standard Digital March 04, 2019 05:37 UTC