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New era for primary schools as new exam bids farewell to KCPE

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A Class 8 pupil at Nyali School praying before starting his KCPE paper at the institution during the second day of the exam in Mombasa County on October 2023. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

In about a month, Kenya will be bidding goodbye to the nearly four-decade-old Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Examination (KCPE).

Some 1,303,913 Grade Six candidates will seat the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), effectively replacing KCPE which was the primary school leaving test.

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