6 Excruciating Challenges KCPE and KCSE candidates face

Below are some of the few cases we have heard since the KCPE started and will probably come across when the KCSE officially start.
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Because pregnancy is not a disease nor is it communicable, young girls that happen to get pregnant while still in school are allowed to sit for their papers even when at the maternity ward. Two students sat for their papers in maternity wards on 2 November 2016 after welcoming their babies a few hours to the KCPE exams.
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Due to the pressure and fear, most students tend to collapse while in the examrooms. Fear pushes them stay awake all night preparing for the examinations and they forget to eat properly before going in for the paper.
 
 
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Some students go run away from home to avoid examinations. The fear of failing makes them paranoid in fear of being shouted at by their parents. So far we have heard stories of street children who opted to live on the stress than take the  KCSE or KCPE exams.
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Students get confused when the leakage they are given turns out to be a hoax. Most are lose hope in trying harder in the remaining papers as they have already concluded to have failed.
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Well, there are parents willing to take their sons and daughters to pastors who can pray for ‘better results’. Most are cheated and end up getting to comfortable with false hopes they will pass even without studying.
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With the new rules stating that parents and guardians cannot visit their children in school, some end up getting home sick and lose focus because of having unnecessary thoughts about home.