Among the over 900,000 students who sat for the exam and concluded it was a young man named Tyrese Thiiru, who was picked up from school with a stretch BMW limousine, complete with chase cars and bodyguards.
The young mans mother was Carolyne Demathew, who went all out for the end of school celebration.
Many schools took the moment to celebrates the amazing students they have had over the last four years.
For instance, Moi Girls High Kamusinga’s Principal hosted a farewell dinner for the girls, where she gladly danced with them as they feasted. The students later let some steam off with a viral TikTok dance.
Muthiga Girls also posed for pictures in one of the school block cheerfully waving their goodbyes.
St Joseph Girls High School in Kitale performed the Set It challenge pulling the best dance moves.
Upper Hills School as well saw the boys 4 Red team and their teacher reminisce their first time in the school four years ago.
“I your class teacher will miss this team. Been with this great team since form 1 in 2021 . Feels empty,” wrote Mwalimu Arabu on tiktok.
State House Girls were also not left behind as they performed a pass-the-torch ceremony where students got sentimental lighting candles.
Other schools performed a final salute to the respective school anthems.
Parents also did some dances with their children, and they handed them bouquets of flowers to show their appreciation.
One father got so emotional as he went down on his knees, extending his arms towards the school administration block, blessing students. That was in Kapsabet Boys High School.
The exams started on October 22, when the candidates took their oral and practical exams for the elective subjects.
According to the KNEC 2024 KCSE examination timetable, the last day of the national exams was slated for November 22, where the candidates sat for their Physics practical.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education has recorded 621 examination malpractices at the conclusion of the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba made the announcement on Friday Nov 22, adding that those cases were reported across 198 examination centres out of the 10,754 centres countrywide.
Ogamba revealed this included candidates or supervisors caught with unauthorised materials like mobile phones and written materials, collisions, and impersonation.
“During the administration of the 2024 KCSE examination, 621 candidates out of 965,501, representing 0.064%, were reported to have been found engaging in examination malpractices, mainly being found with unauthorized written materials, mobile phones, collusion, sharing images of their question papers on social media, and impersonation,” he announced.
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“These cases were reported from 198 out of the 10,754 examination centres, representing 1.841% of the examination centres. All above cases are under active investigation, and stern action will be taken on individuals found culpable of exam malpractice.” he said.
The 2024 KCSE candidates represented the largest group ever recorded, with 965,501 students, an increase from 903,138 in 2023.
by MAUREEN WARUINGE
