[PHOTOS] KCSE exams starts countrywide

Some 24,832 candidates in Kitui will be sitting for this year’s for the exam.

In Summary
  • Some 903,260 candidates will be sitting this year’s KCSE exam across the country.
  • Candidates on Monday sat for Chemistry Paper 1 and English Paper 1 on the first day of the theory tests.
Kitui Central Sub County Education Director, Mary Shallo, with secondary schools principals during distribution of KCSE exam papers at the county commissioner’s office on November 6, 2023.
Kitui Central Sub County Education Director, Mary Shallo, with secondary schools principals during distribution of KCSE exam papers at the county commissioner’s office on November 6, 2023.
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On Monday morning secondary school principals from Kitui County gathered to oversee and receive the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination.

The papers were distributed by Kitui Central Sub County Education Director Mary Shallo.

Some 24,832 candidates in Kitui will be sitting for this year’s exam.

Tiva Boys’ Secondary School principal Benson Ndumia receives the KCSE exam papers from Kitui Central Sub County Education Director, Mary Shallo, at the county commissioner’s office on November 6, 2023. Some 24,832 in the county candidates are sitting for this year’s for the exam.
Tiva Boys’ Secondary School principal Benson Ndumia receives the KCSE exam papers from Kitui Central Sub County Education Director, Mary Shallo, at the county commissioner’s office on November 6, 2023. Some 24,832 in the county candidates are sitting for this year’s for the exam.
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This is even as form four candidates across the country started their exams with theory papers.

Some 903,260 candidates will be sitting this year’s KCSE exam across the country.

Candidates on Monday sat for Chemistry Paper 1 and English Paper 1 on the first day of the theory tests.

On Tuesday, candidates will sit for Maths Paper 1 and English Paper 2.

On November 8, candidates will sit for Chemistry Paper 2 and English Paper 3.

Kitui Central Sub County Education Director, Mary Shallo, with secondary schools principals during distribution of KCSE exam papers at the county commissioner’s office on November 6, 2023.
Kitui Central Sub County Education Director, Mary Shallo, with secondary schools principals during distribution of KCSE exam papers at the county commissioner’s office on November 6, 2023.
Image: PAUL MUTUA

On Thursday, November 9 the learners will be tested in Kiswahili Lugha Paper 2 and Kiswahili Insha Paper 1.

While for the entire Friday, the candidates will do their Chemistry practicals.

Engineer Ngilu Secondary School principal Rev. Benjamin Mwatine receives the KCSE exam papers from Kitui Central Sub County Education Director, Mary Shallo, at the county commissioner’s office on November 6, 2023.
Engineer Ngilu Secondary School principal Rev. Benjamin Mwatine receives the KCSE exam papers from Kitui Central Sub County Education Director, Mary Shallo, at the county commissioner’s office on November 6, 2023.
Image: PAUL MUTUA
St Ursula Girls’ Secondary School, Tungutu, principal Tarsia Mwiraria, her colleagues Mohammed Radamsh (Muslim Secondary School) and Benjamin Mwatine (Engineer Ngilu Secondary School) during distribution of KCSE exam papers at the county commissioner’s office on October 30, 2023. Some 24,832 in the county candidates are sitting for this year’s for the exam.
St Ursula Girls’ Secondary School, Tungutu, principal Tarsia Mwiraria, her colleagues Mohammed Radamsh (Muslim Secondary School) and Benjamin Mwatine (Engineer Ngilu Secondary School) during distribution of KCSE exam papers at the county commissioner’s office on October 30, 2023. Some 24,832 in the county candidates are sitting for this year’s for the exam.
Image: PAUL MUTUA
St Ursula Girls’ Secondary School, Tungutu, principal Tarsia Mwiraria receives the KCSE exam papers from Kitui Central Sub County Education Director, Mary Shallo, at the county commissioner’s office on November 6, 2023. Some 24,832 in the county candidates are sitting for this year’s for the exam.
St Ursula Girls’ Secondary School, Tungutu, principal Tarsia Mwiraria receives the KCSE exam papers from Kitui Central Sub County Education Director, Mary Shallo, at the county commissioner’s office on November 6, 2023. Some 24,832 in the county candidates are sitting for this year’s for the exam.
Image: PAUL MUTUA
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