A total of 31,651 candidates in Murang’a County are expected to sit for KCSE exams this year.
Among them are 16, 093 girls and 15, 558 boys who will take their national exams in 343 examination centres.
Candidates in the county slated to sit for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) from October 25, total to 23, 382.
County Director of Education Ann Kiilu said KPSEA will be conducted in 626 centres.
She said 100 more candidates in the county are expected to sit for the Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) to be done in 24 centres.
Kiilu said all preparations for the exams are done, and those who will manage the exercise have been briefed.
“We have briefed all the officers mandated to man the national exams, and we anticipate we will deliver credible examinations,” the director said.
She cautioned unauthorised persons to access examination centres saying security officers will only allow those tasked to man the exercise to be at the centres.
Kiilu said already 22 classrooms for Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in phase one have been completed and handed over.
Murang’a County was allocated 82 classrooms for JSS, construction on nine classrooms is yet to kick off.
Kiilu said all classrooms were awarded to contractors who have assured to complete them before next year, as learners in grade eight are expected to join grade nine come January 2025.
“44 classrooms are at finishing stage while another 12 are at roofing stages. Officers from the Ministry of Education are doing routine inspections to ensure the classrooms are completed in time,” she said.
Murang’a South subcounty got 16 classrooms, followed by Kandara with 14, and Mathioya Subcounty was allocated the least, five classrooms.
In phase two, the director said another 152 classrooms are slated to be constructed at a tune of Sh152 million before the end of December.
She said work has been awarded to various contractors and some of them have started constructing the classrooms in different schools.
“The money for both phases have been released and are in beneficiary schools’ accounts. The construction is expected to take a period of one month, we hope by December the classrooms will be completed and ready for use,” she said.