The Education Cabinet Secretary, Julius Ogomba, has revealed that the government is set to release the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificates this coming week.
Speaking in Kisii on Sunday, April 27, the CS stressed that principals across the country should ensure that the students pick up their certificates.
The CS has asserted that the certificates will be fundamental to ensure that the students get access to opportunities after they complete their studies.
"Certificates of 2024 KCSE will be out this coming week, so I would like to urge teachers to call students to go for their certificates so that they may be able to have jobs and other things," he said.
The CS has further urged guardians to ensure that students enrol for university before the deadline, which has been set to April 30, 2025. So far, according to the CS, the enrollment level currently stands at 72 per cent.
"We are continuing to enroll students who got a C+ and above in the universities, and we set the deadline as April 30. I would like to encourage students who have not applied to apply within this period," he stated.
In 2024, a total of 962,512 students sat for their KCSE examinations, and out of these, 246,391 candidates scored a grade of C+ and above, which qualifies them for university admission.
On the other hand, the CS has further announced a crackdown on principals withholding national examination certificates from students over fee-related issues next week.
"The other day, I issued a directive that teachers holding certificates should release them to all the students, and I gave a deadline, and the deadline has already passed, so from next week, we will be taking action against teachers who are still withholding the certificates," he said.
Migos's statement comes days after the government spokesperson, Isaac Mwaura, noted that principals found unlawfully withholding certificates from students will face disciplinary and legal repercussions.
Mwaura, in a statement on Monday, April 14, emphasised that a national examination certificate is a property of the student and denying them the document undermines the country's education and also contravenes the law.
"Denying any student access to their academic credentials undermines the very foundation of our education system and compromises the rights of the child. The government will not tolerate this continued impunity, and stern actions will be taken against schools that continue to defy this directive," he said.
Speaking on Monday, March 17, Ogamba revealed the government's plans to ensure that students collect their certificates from subcounty education offices rather than their former schools.
