South Rift region has registered at least 317 cases of pregnant candidates.
They include candidates sitting for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) test, the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations which started Monday.
In Bomet, Baringo and Narok counties, there are 292 pregnancy cases, while in the Naivasha sub-county, 25 pregnant candidates are writing their exams.
A total of 102 girls tested positive for the HCG test in Bomet.
The County Director of Education Apollo Apuko said of those, 18 are writing their KCPE papers while one is a KPSEA candidate.
He added that 83 will sit for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), which starts in December.
“We are taking care of them and in case any one of them will deliver we will ensure that they sit their exams in the hospital without any problem,” Apuko said.
He said the KCPE and KPSEA candidates are distributed across Bomet East and Central, Sotik, Konin and Chepalungu.
Bomet has a total of 29,391 KCPE candidates across 852 centres and 28,634 KPSEA candidates in 911 centres.
In Baringo, 22 of the pregnant candidates are in class 8, and 14 of them are from Baringo North.
Mogotio recorded four cases with Baringo South and Tiaty sub-counties recording two cases each.
A total of 48 pregnant girls will sit for their KCSE exams.
Narok County has 120 pregnant girls writing their papers.
County Commissioner Isaac Masinde said the mothers-to-be will get the assistance needed when necessary, urging them to sit for the exams despite their condition.
“We want all the candidates to be treated equally so that they can sit for the national exams comfortably. No child should feel disadvantaged because of their condition,” he said.
In Naivasha, out of the 25, seven sat for their KCPE while 18 are waiting to take their KCSE.
More than 3 million students are writing their national exams this month.
Grade 6 has more than 1.6 million registered candidates.
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