Government seeks to scrap the full waiver on the KCSE exam registration
A proposal fronted in parliament seeking to scrap the full waiver on the KCSE exam registration
A proposal fronted in parliament seeking to scrap the full waiver on the KCSE exam registration.
Parents whose children are planning to sit for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) could be forced to dig deeper into their pockets to cater for their kids’ exam registration.
The move follows a proposal fronted in parliament that seeks to scrap the full waiver on the KCSE exam registration, a shift that could mark the end of a decade-long program that eased pressure on parents and children from poor backgrounds.
The new proposed piece of legislation looks to bridge a Ksh91 billion education funding deficit to ensure that finances are redirected to other important academic needs.
If approved, the bill will introduce a cost-sharing system in which parents will be forced to share the cost of KCSE exam registration with the government.
While defending the proposal, the government attributed the decision to the increasing enrolment levels of students sitting for national examinations each year.
The government stated that the high enrolment levels had made it challenging for the Ministry of Education to cover exam costs and ensure that all students could sit for the exams.
Introduced by former Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, the current policy has seen the government allocate Ksh 5 million annually to cater for the registration of all KCSE candidates.
At the time, Matiang’i noted that the exam registration fee was a heavy burden for some parents and prevented students from disadvantaged backgrounds from sitting for the crucial examinations.
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While the current KCSE registration fee stands at Ksh7000, the cost-sharing formula does not outline the exact amount each parent will have to pay for their children.
The development comes a month after Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba announced that KCSE exam registration would begin on February 17 to allow adequate time for candidates to submit their details.
Speaking during the release of the 2024 KCSE exams, Ogamba also revealed that the registration of the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) would begin on January 27.
The CS also announced the introduction of the KCSE mid-year series every year in July for the next three years to allow candidates who missed the previous examinations the chance to take the tests.
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