This year's K.C.P.E exam will start on October 30, according to this year's national calendar that was released by KNEC.

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Rehearsal for the three-day examination will be done on October 29 and the last paper will be written on November 1.

A total of 10.6 million candidates will sit for the exam as it was confirmed by the acting chief executive of Knec, Mercy Karogo.

The calendar also shows K..S.C.E will be done between 2 -28 October.

A total of 663,820 candidates will write the test .

The acting CEO pledged that the exams will be done under strict supervision, insulating any form of malpractices that could compromise the credibility of the test.  

The registration indicates, however, that the number of candidates this year exceeds the previous ones.

Last year, a total of 1.5 million candidates wrote for both texts.