The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations has entered day three.
The candidates will be sitting for English paper; creative composition and set books, Chemistry and General Science.
Education CS George Magoha on Wednesday morning supervised the distribution of exam papers at Westlands DCC's office, Nairobi.
He later on interacted with some candidates at State House Girls High School before exams started.
He also visited a sick State House Girls High School candidate at Nairobi Women Hospital.
The tests are administered in 10, 413 examination centres to the 831,015 Form Four students.
The KCSE papers are disseminated from 483 distribution centres nationwide.
On Monday, Teachers Service Commission Chief Executive Officer, Nancy Macharia, said the government, through a multi-agency team, has made major strides towards ensuring there are no exam malpractices in the ongoing KCSE examinations.
She said TSC had thoroughly vetted 70,486 teachers to administer the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations that officially commenced today.