Tears as candidate dies hours to release of KCSE results

Education CS Amina Mohamed (left) flanked by Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) chairman Prof George Magoha during the release of KCSE 2018 on December 21, 2018. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Moments to the release of this year's KCSE results, most candidates were filled with restlessness, anxiety mixed with hope and uncertainty. Among the thousands of candidates who were eagerly waiting for the release was Naumy Jesang, 18, who sat her national examinations at Kerotet Girls' High School, Uasin Gishu County.

The moment finally came on Friday but unlike other candidates, Jesang will not be around to feel the joy of scoring a C (plain) in the 2018 KCSE examination.