Garissa, Turkana, Kilifi, Kwale and Mandera counties had the highest percentage of over-age candidates in the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations.
The highest number of candidates were in the appropriate age bracket of 13 to 15 years, totalling 885,162, and representing a 71.13 per cent.
According to CS Machogu, this is a trend that has been replicated in the past five years.
'"The number of registered candidates who were 12 years and below declined from 33,627 (2.74 per cent) in 2021 to 31,498 (2.53 per cent) in 2022, indicating that parents and schools are on the right path of enrolling children in school at the right age," noted Machogu.
The counties which had the highest percentage entry for candidates who were 12 years and below for the year 2022 KCPE examination were Baringo, Wajir, Kericho, Bomet, and West Pokot.
