Kajiado North MP: Some grade 9 students have never seen a laboratory
By Cynthia Lodite, October 6, 2025Kajiado North Member of Parliament Onesmus Ngogoyo has called out the Kenya Kwanza administration over the poor implementation of competency-based curriculum infrastructure.
On his part, the government has failed the CBC pupils by failing to build laboratories in all the schools, even though this year will be the first national exams for grade nine pupils.
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The Kajiado Member of Parliament made his remarks on Monday, October 6, 2025, during an interview with a local media house as he criticised President William Ruto’s regime for failing to adhere to their past promise while setting up CBC.
“The Kenya Kwanza gov’t has failed terribly. Some Grade Nine students have never seen a laboratory, yet they are the first cohort set to sit national exams this year,” Ngogoyo stated.
Likewise, the legislator revealed that past promises made to primary schools by the Cabinet Secretary for Education during the commissioning of CBC were to ensure all primary schools have a laboratory; however, the promise has not been kept to date.
“There was a commitment by the Education CS that they will make sure there is a laboratory in every primary school, which has not been forthcoming,” Ngogoyo stated.
The MP further revealed that some of the pupils who are set to be examined this year will be examined in a class where they lack full experience.
“They will be examined in a class they have no experience with,” he added.
KPSEA, KJSEA exams
Worth noting, the Ministy of Education has confirmed that a total of 1,130,669 candidates are registered for the KJSEA, the first exit assessment at the end of Junior Secondary School. KPSEA will see 1,298,089 candidates registered. The exams will run from Friday, October 17, to Friday, November 21, 2025.
Likewise, the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has announced a significant reduction in police deployment during this year’s administration of the Grade Nine examinations.
KNEC Chief Executive Dr David Njengere revealed that there will be no police officers present during the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA). For the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA), only one police officer will be deployed per centre, tasked with collecting and returning examination scripts from