Eugine Wabwile 
TANDAO MEDIA NEWS.
Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok has issued a firm directive to school heads across Kenya: no student should be barred from sitting national exams due to financial constraints.
Speaking in Kibra during the official launch of the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA), Bitok confirmed that the government has disbursed all necessary funds—including capitation and administrative support—to ensure smooth and inclusive exam sessions nationwide.“The government has provided all the money needed to support every candidate.
No school has any excuse to deny learners access to these exams,” Bitok emphasized.He further clarified that schools which complied with the recent data verification exercise have already received their allocations. This process, aimed at eliminating fraud, uncovered over 50,000 ghost students in secondary schools.The Ministry of Education has scheduled KPSEA from October 27 to 30, KILEA (for learners with special needs) from October 27 to 31, and both KJSEA and KPLEA from October 27 to November 6. Meanwhile, the KCSE is currently in its second week.
Bitok urged teachers and invigilators to uphold professionalism throughout the exam period and assured that systems are in place to guarantee a smooth transition for students post-assessment.This announcement comes after months of concern from school administrators over delayed funding, which threatened to disrupt the national examination calendar. With the government now stepping in decisively, the focus shifts to ensuring every learner gets a fair chance to succeed.
