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    "id": 449429,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S. W. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c) of the National Assembly, hon. (Ms.) Nyamunga, Member for Kisumu County requested for a Statement from our Committee regarding the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education results. She stated that the Constitution stipulated that every child has a right to free and compulsory basic education. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology indicated that out of 843,626 candidates only 647,602 would get admission to secondary schools. She inquired into the following:- (i) the cause of dismal performance in public schools especially in Kisumu county; (ii) the alternative plans the Government intends to put in place for the candidates who missed admission to public secondary schools; and, (iii) the measures the Government would put in place to ensure that there is high transition rate from primary to secondary schools in the county. I wish to respond to the issues as follows; first, the overall performance of candidates in 2013 KCPE examination remained relatively the same compared to that of 2012. In 2013, the number of candidates with 252 marks and above was 417,483, which is 49.7 per cent of the total candidates who took the examination, while in 2012, the number of candidates with 251 marks and above was 416,900 representing 51.35 per cent of the total candidates who sat for the examination. This indicates that there was no significant difference in terms of performance in 2013 as compared to 2012. There is a table of the analysis and the ranking of our counties in 2012 and 2013 KCPE examination. It indicates that Kisumu County’s performance in 2013 remained relatively the same as that of 2012. It was further observed that Kisumu County ranks among the best ten performing counties in the KCPE examination in the years 2012 and 2013. On the said table that is in this report, the performance in public schools in Kisumu County in comparison with private schools, as well as in comparison with overall performance nationally was as follow:- The mean aggregate total for 2013 KCPE nationally was 248.629 while the mean aggregate total for private schools nationally was 287.602. The The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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