St Mary's Burumba Secondary School students sitting for KCSE Math Paper 1 on Monday, November 6, 2017. [Photo|Busia County Government]Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong has pledged laptops to any of the 10,831 candidates who will score an A plain in the 2017 KCSE that started across the country on Monday.Candidates started with Math Paper 1 and Chemistry Paper 1.In a dispatch wishing all the candidates success, Ojaamong said the project which started in 2014 was not implemented in 2016 since no candidate scored an A plain in KCSE exams."My government gave a total of 13 laptops in 2014 and 2015 exams. I am hoping that more quality grades will be registered this year to enable us award more laptops. It will also make the county proud.I take this opportunity to wish all the 10,831 candidates across the County sitting for the 2017 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examination the best of luck.It is worth noting that of the total number of candidates sitting for the exams, 5,150 are girls.This confirms gender parity is being achieved in learning institutions across the county."

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