Education boss links increased enrolment to waiver of exam fees
Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i. He was vowed to deregister private schools that employ teachers banned by TSC for indiscipline. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Releasing the KCPE examination results on Wednesday, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said it was the highest number of candidates since the tests began 30 years ago.
The government has set aside Sh3 billion to pay the registration fee for Standard Eight and Form Four candidates in 2016.
The government has attributed the increase in candidates sitting for Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) tests to the scrapping of examination fee.
Last year, the government decided to pay the fee for candidates in public primary and secondary schools.
