Seven students writing their KCSE exams from hospital beds, and five others sitting the same papers from inside correctional facilities. That is the reality of how Kenya's 2026 national secondary school examinations are unfolding, thanks to special arrangements put in place by the Ministry of Education.
The ministry coordinated logistics to ensure that neither a medical admission nor a detention sentence would stand between a student and their national certificate. It is a quiet but meaningful commitment to keeping every eligible candidate in the system, regardless of circumstance.
How these twelve students perform, and what comes next for them, is a story worth following.
Originally published by AllAfrica.