Kenya Certificate of Primary Education
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The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) was a certificate awarded to students after completing the approved eight-year course in
Ministry of Education. The same body also conducted and regulated the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), a certificate awarded to students after completing secondary education
. KCPE and KCSE were both started in 1985 when the 8-4-4 system of education was introduced in Kenya.The last KCPE examination, under this system was done on November 1, 2023 at 11am.
These exams were replaced by KPSEA (Kenya Primary School Education Assessment).
Examination
The subjects examined were
Minister for Education
sometime in November.
Efforts were ongoing to scrap the KCPE exam. KCPE was eventually replaced by KPSEA (Kenya Primary School Education Assessment.) [3][4][5]
References
- ^ "Kenya: PS Disowns Directive on Kiswahili". allAfrica. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "The Kenya National Examinations Council". knec.ac.ke. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- ISSN 1945-7782.
- ^ "8-4-4 end beckons as experts meet". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
- ^ "8-4-4 here to stay as ministry pulls plug on the new system". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- "End of an era as learners sit final 8-4-4 KCPE exam". Daily Nation. 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
- "KCPE, KPSEA exams come to an end". kbc.co.ke. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
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