KCPE Pupils at St.George’s Primary School Nairobi in the exam hall. [Photo/Citizen Digital]
Standard Eight candidates will on Tuesday start their examination, with the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) assuring the public that preparations for the exercise were complete.
KNEC chairman George Magoha said arrangements had been made to deliver materials to all the examination centres on time, the Nation reports.
Some of the materials were delivered on Friday and others are set to be transported on Sunday, the paper adds.
Prof Magoha said steps had been taken to ensure a credible national exam as happened last year while stating that rehearsals for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam will take place on Monday.
"We are confident that all candidates in every part of the country will get an equal and fair chance to sit this important examination from Tuesday," said Prof Magoha as quoted by Sunday Nation.
The KCPE exam ends on Thursday ahead of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Mathematics Alternative A and Chemistry papers on Monday next week.
More than 1 million pupils will sit the KCPE exam, compared to 952,021 last year. A total of 5,916 examiners have been recruited for the KCPE test and 21,828 for the KCSE exam, states the Nation.
A total of 1,003,556 candidates were registered for the KCPE exam and 615,773 for the KCSE exam.