Ruto: How Those Who Failed In KCSE 2024 Will Join University In September
Ruto stated that the exam will be conducted during the middle of the year, between June and July.
Marvin Chege 
President William Ruto explained on Monday, January 13, how the mid-year Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) exam series will allow students who failed or missed them to join universities and tertiary institutions in September.
Speaking in Lenana School Primary, Ruto stated that the exam will be conducted during the middle of the year, between June and July.
He also expressed that the government was working on ensuring that the exams are marked on time to allow those who attain the required grades to join their colleagues during the September intakes.
The Head of State went on to reveal that the exams will target those who did not sit for the exams, those who performed dismally in some subjects and those who were sick during the exam period, thus unable to do the exams.
Education CS Julius Ogamba presents KCSE 2024 results to President William Ruto at State House in Nairobi. /PCS
"Even those who sat for the exams and may have failed in one or two subjects and they want to repeat the exam, they will be given another chance," he stated, adding "We will expedite the process so that those who perform well can join their colleagues who are joining universities in September."
Last week, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba urged students to take advantage of the newly introduced exam series with KCSE enjoying its final two years before being phased out, alongside the whole 8-4-4 system, to pave the way for the full implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
"With the release of the 2024 KCSE results today, we have started a gradual phase-out of an examination that has been offered for 35 years, with the last one expected to be held in 2027," Ogamba announced during the release of the KCSE 2024 results.
"The mid-year exam will cater to candidates who wish to repeat the KCSE, as well as those who missed it due to illness or unforeseen circumstances. We also encourage adult candidates to register for the exam."
CS Ogamba announced that the mid-year exams will cushion them from having to repeat the full year and offer them an opportunity to join university and college in due time.
"The students who sometimes face predicaments during exams or undertaking one subject and then it affects all the subjects because of that one incident, we allow them with the mid-year to remedy that so that they can go to whatever college or institution they are going to," Ogamba explained.
This is a new intervention by the Ministry of Education that will be beginning in July and that will see Kenyans who want to retake the exams have an early opportunity.
The retake will be open to everyone, including adults who want to sit for the exam. The opportunity will be open to both those who failed and want to retake and those who didn't get results for failing to do the complete exams.
Details on whether one will need to pay for the exams and where they will be conducted will be revealed by the Ministry.
