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Candidates stream Kiambu education office to register for KCSE retake

The exams are for individuals who missed their national exams or wish to retake them to improve their grades.

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by KNA

Central28 January 2025 - 16:15
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  • Consolata Wanjiru, the Kiambu Subcounty Director of Education urged the public to seize the opportunity, noting that the final KCSE exams under the 8-4-4 curriculum will be administered in 2027.
  • She urged any candidate wishing to repeat (full repeaters or partial repeaters) to visit the Kiambu County education office before the closing date to register, regardless of their age or the year, they sat for their KCSE examination.

Students sit KCSE exams /FILE


Kiambu County Education Office has already received about 150 names of candidates wishing to re-sit the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams scheduled for July 2025.

The exams which are organised by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) target individuals who missed their national exams or wish to retake them to improve their grades.

Consolata Wanjiru, the Kiambu Subcounty Director of Education urged the public to seize the opportunity, noting that the final KCSE exams under the 8-4-4 curriculum will be administered in 2027.

“We started receiving names for registration for the July series on Monday, January 27, we have so far received about 150 names and as provided by the government we will close on Friday, February 21, 2025, and there will be no provision for late registration of candidates once the portal is closed,” Wanjiru said. 

She urged any candidate wishing to repeat (full repeaters or partial repeaters) to visit the Kiambu County education office before the closing date to register, regardless of their age or the year, they sat their KCSE examination.

“You will be required to pay a registration fee of only Sh7,200 through E-Citizen, as per the details provided in the KNEC registration platform,” Wanjiru said.

Wanjiru said for the next three years, individuals dissatisfied with their KCSE performance or those who registered but did not sit for the exams will have an opportunity to improve their grades before the national test is phased out.

She further said the government plans to ensure the results of these exams are processed promptly to allow successful candidates to join universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in September, alongside their peers who sat the end-year exams.

“KCSE examination certificates will be issued to candidates who repeat seven subjects or more, while those who repeated less than seven subjects will be issued with a result slip for the subjects, as per the existing regulations for the KCSE examination,” she said.

This comes as a reprieve to more than 840 candidates whose results were nullified after investigations confirmed their involvement in malpractices during the 2024 KCSE exams.

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