There is good news for hundreds of examinees from nine schools closed last week due to bandit attacks.
KCPE and KCSE aspirants who are gearing up for their national examinations a few days from now have a reason to smile after the government’s plan through the Ministry of Education to ensure that they appear in a safe group.
The government, through the Ministry of Education, has started the process of relocating hundreds of students who appeared for the national examinations in March 2022 from areas affected by bandit attacks.
Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Mohammed Malin informed the press yesterday Sunday that he had held a meeting with education stakeholders to discuss matters affecting candidates in the region.
He explained to the press that the early transfer seeks to ensure that all national examination candidates from both primary and secondary schools in the region appear for the examination without interruption.
At least ten schools in the past had been affected by bandit attacks in Baringo and Elgeyo Marakwet counties, prompting the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Education to act.
The commissioner further informed that they had a meeting on Thursday (February 17) in which they discussed the security measures and other logistics arrangements to ensure that the examinations are going on smoothly.
The Kenya National Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is scheduled to begin from March 12, while the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) will commence on March 7, 2022.
The move comes after a bandit attack in which 15 students of Tot High School were injured.
Bandits attack Tot High School buses as they return from a school trip along the Tot-Error Road in Elgeyo Marakwet County on the evening of Thursday, February 17.
Since then the school administration has been willing to allow students to use the road of late, despite the recent attacks in the area.
Following the attack, Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiangi ordered the immediate arrest and trial of the school principal for disobeying a government directive on the movement of school buses at night.
