Fifteen schools in Bungoma County failed to pick exams from the exam centers as the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education and Kenya Primary School Examination Assessment (KEPSEA) for grade six learners kicked off Monday.
Addressing the press at Bungoma DEB Primary School, Bungoma South DCC Duncan Okwach said that despite the hitch, the exercise commenced on schedule for rest of the schools.
“I am happy that the exams have started in earnest and police officers are on the look out to ensure that all the guidelines are adhered to,” Okwach said.
Okwach lauded secondary schools heads for cooperating well with primary schools and availing their school buses to help in the transportation of exams to schools.
Okwach who is the acting County Commissioner noted that Bungoma has 1007 KPSEA exam centers and 951 KCPE centers.
He said that most of the 15 schools that failed to pick exams are private adding that some of them were closed by the Ministry of Education for not complying with the ministry’s requirement.
They include among others, Bridge School Kibabii, Jamia Primary School in Bungoma Town and Gateway Primary School.
Bungoma County Director of Education Philip Chirchir said that he is still doing a follow up to identify what happened with the schools.
“The exams are still held in our stores as I investigate what happened with these schools, nobody will temper with the exams,” he said.
Okwach called on all stakeholders to be vigilant and play their roles dutifully during the exams.
On the forthcoming Senatorial by election the Ag CC said that primary schools will be used as polling centers because the form four examinations will be on in secondary schools.
