KCSE: The suicidal feel ‘like the world is ending’ after poor results

That jittery feeling before sitting national exams is one many Kenyans are familiar with from constant repetition of what is at stake: dream jobs, family honour, the good life.

And once the exam results are out, the winners are separated from losers by the limelight of television cameras and newspaper stories for days on end. Barbs come hard on those who failed and the cruel reality of suicide cases around national examination period rings painfully true to many families.